It may have been the performance of a lifetime. It certainly felt the outstanding goalkeeping display in the European competition, with save after save. Not Alisson against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday; or not just, anyway. The Brazilian saved nine shots from Paris Saint-Germain. Go back to last summer and Giorgi Mamardashvili stopped 11 efforts from the Czechia team in Hamburg in Euro 2024.
He equalled the record for the most saves in a European Championship game, preventing 2.26 expected goals. Indeed, while Georgia exited in the last 16, he made far more saves – some 29 – than any other goalkeeper in the competition.