Lammens laments late mistake as Spain make the semis - World Cup Daily
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Hello and welcome to the Guardian Football Weekly. Spain do just enough. Mikel Mourinho winning it late on. Pau Cubasi out-muscled for Belgium's equaliser earlier, struck it from 25 yards. Substitute keeper Sani Lemmon spilled it and the camera cut away to the injured Thibaut Courtois. A devastating and uncharacteristic error for the Manchester United keeper. The extra pressure of coming off the bench, the extra pressure of a World Cup quarter-final. Fabian Ries had opened the scoring and it felt like that was that. But out of nothing, the Belgians equalised some vintage Kevin De Bruyne in the build-up and a lovely header from De Ketelera. But Spain-France is a great semi-final to look forward to. And then tomorrow we find out the other one.
England-Norway again. Mark Gay's hamstrings.
How did Spain beat Belgium late in the quarter-final and what happened with Lammens' error?
Declan Rice's dodgy stomach. Who will be right back? And have we found Barry's spirit Norwegian? There's the other quarter-final between Switzerland and Argentina. There's bad news for Messi in Egypt. People going great lengths to miss the World Cup. Your questions. And that's today's Guardian Football Weekly. on the panel today here in New York City. Barry Glendening, welcome. Hello. Hello, John Bruin. I'm parking here. And on the night shift, not too bad a night shift for this one. Nicky Bandini, hey. positively civilized only 11 p.m ah well that's easy isn't it right let's start then with uh the quarterfinal today spain to belgium won at someone called rjb 1998 posted a tweet during the game which said the cutaway to courtois when lamens makes an error leading to a goal here is going to be phenomenal ah it is it's agony for for sanny lemons isn't it barry
Yeah, it was an unfortunate mistake. I mean, the cutaway is only slightly tempered by the fact that Thibaut Courtois had made this kind of similar error for the first goal.
Similar-ish, I think.
Similar-ish. It wasn't as egregious a mistake, I suppose. He saved that shot from Danny Olmo. I'm going to say it's similar, almost identical. I don't agree at all.
Anyway.
I was thinking Spain scored won this match by scoring the same goal twice you clearly disagree I just think the Courtois I think the save from Olmo is a really good save and he could parry it away I think the mistake from them is you've got to hold that at this level Clive you've got to be holding that John
Yeah, the Courtois mistake, and I will count it as a mistake, and I'm sure he would count it as a mistake. A man of very high standards. The save is from closer range, but when you go to matches and you watch the warm-up, what's the thing that they're always running through is deflecting the ball away from danger, and he didn't do that. But it wasn't as egregious as the Lammons' mistake, which is so unfortunate. Because I remember when he went to United last year, He was given the title of the new Courtois. Oh, God. Yeah, I know. And this is the moment that he's anointed his successor. And it didn't go well. Let's credit Courtois with a good piece of... What you in Australia would call mateship after saying, you know.
He's not renowned for that kind of thing. No, no. He can be a tricky customer at times. But he spoke about how it's not his fault that these things happen. And he's got a great future ahead of him. But I suppose there might have been one left in on Rudy Garcia living up to Courtois by saying, I would have been happy to stay on. But it was the manager's decision. Yeah. So absolving himself a little bit. Nicky?
Yeah, I agree with John's analysis of the two shots. I think that's spot on for me. And it's just a shame, isn't it? Because Courtois, yes, he signs off with a mistake, but I think has had a reasonable claim in the last couple of years to be the best goalkeeper in the world. I think he's not got many challenges for that, in my opinion. So, of course, if he goes off and the guy who comes on makes a mistake, the narrative is unavoidable. There's no way around it.
Yeah. Paul says it's Courtois the most consequential injury in World Cups, the worst mistake by a substitute.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:48
2
How did Spain beat Belgium late in the quarter-final and what happened with Lammens' error?
0:48–5:49
3
Why is Sani Maignan's substitute mistake being compared to Courtois' earlier error?
5:49–20:11
4
What makes Mikel Merino a 'clutch' super‑sub for Spain in this World Cup?
20:11–37:09
5
Are Spain entertaining to watch and how do they manage games tactically?
37:09–37:29
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