Dutch substitute goalkeeper, Tim Krul, thwarted two shots in a dramatic penalty shootout in Salvador, Saturday (Sunday morning GMT) when his team beat Costa Rica 4-3 to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup.
After playing scoreless for 120 minutes, club Newcastle United goalkeeper came into the pitch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen about one minute before the extra period after.
When penalties, Krul managed correctly anticipate the direction of the five kicks executioner Costa Rica with two of them successfully thwarted.
He saved a penalty shot goal from Bryan Ruiz on second and Michael Umana shot on the fifth kick to make the Dutch win the quarter-final match.
Substitution keeper it is a surefire tactics that carried coach Louis van Gaal after previously performed ingenuity obtain good results during normal time and extra-time game.
Van Gaal interesting Cillessen and inserting goalkeeper who has a height of 1.93 meters at minute 120 Krul right to face penalties.
His decision to look perfect when Krul thwart a second penalty kick of Costa Rica, which is done Ruiz, and then thwart flat Umana shot with one hand before running to celebrate the victory.
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