Yann Sommer was the hero for Switzerland on Monday night, after he denied Kylian Mbappé from the spot to send his team through to the quarter finals.
In what was a fantastic evening of football, the match ended 3-3 between the two sides, meaning that the tie would be settled by the dreaded penalties.
All eyes were on the Swiss keeper as he stepped up to the plate to send EURO 2020 favourites France, crashing out of the competition.
Sommer was spotted training in a pair of special sunglasses prior to the match and fans have speculated that they were the key to his shootout success.
So no, the glasses were not a fashion statement, but in fact battery-powered, shutter effect sunglasses.
They are made by a Japanese company called VisionUp with the purpose of improving reaction time and anticipation.
The glasses feature an adjustable shutter speed so that users can alter the level of sight in order to strengthen visual skills.
On VisionUp’s website they state that the spectacles “stimulate your brain and improve your vision by intermittent shutter”.
Visual skills that the glasses focuses on include “kinetic visual acuity, dynamic visual acuity, peripheral vision, depth perception & hand-eye coordination”
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Glove Spotting: Yann Sommer
Sommer was wearing his own variation of the Puma FUTURE Z Grip 1 Hybrid’s, in what was a historic night for his nation.
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