The keeper, known as ‘El Dibu’ by his adoring fans, produced two brilliant diving saves in the shoot-out to earn his team a 4-2 win on penalties against Ecuador in the Copa America quarter-finals on Thursday.
The game had ended 1-1 in normal time and with no extra time in the Copa, until the final, the game went straight to penalties.
When Lionel Messi chipped the opening attempt against the top of the bar, the almost 70,000 fans in NRG Stadium could have been forgiven for thinking…
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