{"id":434313,"date":"2022-12-08T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=434313"},"modified":"2022-12-08T20:10:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T20:10:50","slug":"jordan-pickford-s-invisible-saves-are-england-s-secret-world-cup-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/jordan-pickford-s-invisible-saves-are-england-s-secret-world-cup-weapon","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Pickford\u2019s invisible saves are England\u2019s secret World Cup weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Isma&#239;la Sarr is denied by Jordan Pickford at close range during England&#8217;s 3-0 last-16 victory over Senegal.As a measure of how much Jordan Pickford&#8217;s performances have flown under the radar during this World Cup, it turns out the England goalkeeper is so underrated that three of his best saves haven&#8217;t even been recognised.Yes, there was plenty of praise for the sharp reflex stop from Iran&#8217;s Sardar Azmoun in England&#8217;s opener in Qatar. And true, everyone applauded when Pickford kept his side level during their last-16 match against Senegal by pushing away a shot from Boulaye Dia.But were you aware Pickford made an even better save against Senegal, springing off his line and using the top of his left arm to deflect a close-range effort from Isma&#239;la Sarr over the bar? Or that he got a touch to a cross-shot from Dan James during England&#8217;s 3-0 win over Wales? Or, perhaps most impressive, that it was his fingertips that took a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a measure of how much Jordan Pickford&#8217;s performances have flown under the radar during this World Cup, it turns out the England goalkeeper is so underrated that three of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,135,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-434313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-premier-league","category-soccer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}