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#4 Jordan Pickford
A lot of the credit for Pickford’s brilliant form at this tournament has to go to Gareth Southgate. Up until as late as March, Joe Hart was still England’s number one, despite a string of sub-par performances for both club and country, which had led to him being left out of West Ham’s side. It would have been the easy option for him to stick with the experience of Hart, but he took the risk and ended up leaving him out of the squad altogether.
Pickford has justified his decision in the last two matches. He didn’t have too much to do in the group stage but has proved his worth in the knockout stages. He made a quite sensational save from Mateus Uribe against Colombia, before saving from Carlos Bacca in the shootout and making himself the hero. He was once again outstanding against Sweden in the quarterfinals and was named the man of the match after making excellent saves from Marcus Berg and Viktor Claesson.
