5 Things we learnt from Round 1 of the World Cup

#4 Exceptional Goalkeeping

Although the goalkeeper is a part of the defense and that has already been discussed, the goalkeeping at this World Cup has been tremendous.Only 3 out of the 16 games has seen a team score 3 goals or more. We have seen some acrobatic saves, point-blank reflexes and even a penalty save against the very best.

Hannel Halldorsson after a terrific performance against Argentina.

Egypt's Mohamed Elshanawy and Iceland's Hannes Halldorsson also won Man Of The Match awards for their heroics and deserve a mention here. But that doen't take away how well the other keepers have performed. There has been just a couple of howlers but the keepers have showed up and made a statement for themselves already. They mean business.