HOW IS SPAIN BEATABLE?

The legendary German goalkeeper Olivar Kahn describes Spain's Unai Simon as calm and dependable. He confirms that  Argentina's Emiliano Martinez  has great presence of mind, enormous reflexes and has the conviction that he is one of the best goal keepers in the world.

Kahn continues,"If Martinez hadn't made that save in the 119th minute in the 2022 World Cup final, Messi would not have become a world champion."

According to Kahn, the final between Argentina and Spain was a clash of footballing philosophies.

"This game was a match between rational guys playing super smart football against fully emotional, aggressive guys playing a totally different style."

And despite watching an entire tournament looking for flaws, Kahn was left with the same question,"I've asked myself the whole tournament - how is Spain beatable?"

Argentina tried to answer it, but had failed miserably.

Oliver Kahn knows better than most how decisive a goalkeeper can be. His mistake in the 2002 World Cup final against Brazil still lingers.

"It took a long time to recover," he admits.

"I played six and a half games perfectly without any mistake. Then there was only one situation, one small mistake and it was over." .