UCL Goalkeepers – The departures of Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund in last nights Champions League action left us with the final 4 for this years competition.
Thibaut Courtois & Real Madrid will face off against Edouard Mendy’s Chelsea in the first Semi Final clash on Tuesday the 27th of April.
Manchester City & Ederson will travel to Paris the following day as they look to get past Keylor Navas and reach the Champions League final.
Here we take a look at the 4 remaining UCL goalkeepers and their journey’s so far in the competition.
Thibaut Courtois
Appearances: 10
Clean Sheets: 4
Goals Conceded: 11
Courtois will have to defeat his former club in Chelsea if he wants to get a shot at his first Champions League title. Real Madid have been dominant so far in this years competition in both group & knockout stages. Zidane’s side managed to top their group and cruise past Atalanta in the Round of 16, winning both legs. They also managed to defeat 2019 winners Liverpool in surprisingly comfortable fashion as they secured a place in the Semi Finals.
Edouard Mendy
Appearances: 9
Clean Sheets: 7
Goals Conceded: 2
Image: Edouard Mendy, 28 October 2020, soccer.ru, Дмитрий Пукалик
Chelsea’s summer signing has had an exceptional campaign so far conceding only 2 goals in his teams run up to the Semi Finals. He has also kept the most clean sheets out of any goalkeeper left in the competition (7). The Senegal international will be hoping to win what would be a first major honour in his professional career.
Keylor Navas
Appearances: 10
Clean Sheets: 2
Goals Conceded: 11
Keylor Navas and PSG have arguably had the toughest route to the Semi Final’s having to overcome Barcelona and current holders Bayern Munich. His highlight so far will likely be saving a Lionel Messi penalty in the Round of 16, something only a handful of goalkeepers can say that they have done. Navas is the only goalkeeper left who has won the competition before, on 3 separate occasions with Real Madrid.
Ederson
Appearances: 9
Clean Sheets: 6
Goals Conceded: 3
Manchester City joined Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea last night to make it 2 English sides in the Semi Final’s. Ederson will be setting his sights high as ‘The Cityzens’ hunt a quadruple for the 2020/21 season. The Brazilian goalkeeper will be high on confidence, with his performances meaning that he is yet to lose game in this years competition. His next outing will be the toughest yet, where he will have to keep out the deadly attacking duo of Mbappe & Neymar if he wants to reach the final.
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