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#2 Vincent Vanasch rises to the occasion
Vincent Vanasch has to be one of the best goalkeepers of this World Cup. Having led the team to a silver medal at the Rio Olympics, he was extremely instrumental in maintaining the clean slate against England when the Red Lions pummeled them by a mammoth score of 6-0.
In the same fashion, Vanasch came to the rescue of Belgium when Netherlands intensified their attack in the last two quarters. When it seemed that Netherlands were improvising on their attack, he smashed the bubble rather brutally by denying any of the 9 circle entries made by the Dutch to convert into a goal and kept the slate clean.
Interestingly, Belgium has had a mixed record in terms of penalty shuffles. However, this time, Vanasch was in no mood to make mistakes. Despite being bogged by constant attacks from the Dutch side, he denied 4 crucial shuffles, including the one by Jeroen Hertzeberger, and gave Belgium their first ever World Cup title.
