Ukraine’s Simon sets record without conceding goals at the World Cup

• Ukraine’s Simon, in a match against Austria (3-0), set a record for the World Cup by not conceding any goals for 519 minutes.
• The record surpassed Walter Zenga’s (517 minutes, 1990), as Simon’s streak at the World Cup 2022 and World Cup 2026.
• Simon’s streak at the tournament did not allow a single goal; in the round of 16, the super goalkeeper could have faced Croatia or Portugal.

Ukrainian forward Simon against Austria (3-0) on Thursday extended his goalkeeping streak at the World Cup, setting a record by going 519 minutes without conceding a goal. According to AP, he has now gone 519 minutes without conceding in two World Cup matches. Before that, the record belonged to Walter Zenga, who in 1990 went 517 minutes without conceding goals and kept a clean sheet for the entire tournament match.

AP reports that Simon did not concede a goal across 519 minutes in two World Cup matches. The previous record belonged to Walter Zenga, who in 1990 went 517 minutes without conceding goals and kept a clean sheet for the entire tournament match.

According to L’ÉQUIPE, Simon began his streak at World Cup 2022 with a match against Japan (2-1): after 51 minutes, he conceded a goal, but Simon did not concede again until the end of the game. The magazine also notes that the streak started 39 minutes before the match against Morocco at World Cup 2022, and then continued for another 90 minutes against the match against Cote d’Ivoire, Saudi Arabia, and Uruguay, as well as in the match against Austria in 2026. The magazine also points out that Simon’s streak in the round of 16 surpassed Iker Casillas’s (476 minutes) and Gianluigi Buffon’s (500 minutes).

AP adds that the reason Simon did not concede a goal was the fact that he had a super goalkeeper in the match against Austria. The magazine also notes that the super goalkeeper in the round of 16 will face Croatia or Portugal.

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