Football API - Live-score API

In the 2022 World Cup Emiliano Martinez had one of the most memorable runs for a goalkeeper ever. He didn't have much job on the group stage, but after that he was the main man besides Messi in almost every game. First, in the round of 16 he did an amazing save in a one to one situation in the last minute to avoid Australia's equalizer. After that, when Argentina faced the Netherlands in the quarterfinals he had an unbelievable performance in the penalty kicks with two saves. Finally, when they faced France in the final he did one of the greatest saves of all time against Kolo Muani in the 123rd minute to keep the match 3-3 and then stop another penalty to help Argentina win the World Cup. Our World Cup API provides data on every save made for your users to be able to track the goalkeeper's performance.

In the round of 16 of the 2014 World Cup Tim Howard achieved one of the greatest records ever in the tournament when he became the goalkeeper with the most saves in a single match with his 16 saves in the match against Belgium playing for the United States. Many could argue that the match went into an extra time but since Belgium scored early there, most of his saves happened during the first 90 minutes, which makes it more impressive. Sadly for them, Howard resistance wasn’t enough for the USA national team, and they ended up being eliminated by a 2-1 loss, but nobody can take that record from him. Our World Cup API provides data on every save made for your users to be able to track the goalkeeper’s performance during the competition.

In the 2018 World Cup Olivier Giroud managed to achieve something that’s hard to do: he became a World Champion starting every match besides the first one as a striker and didn’t get a single shot in goal during the whole tournament. He played a key role playing backwards to the goal and fighting against the rival’s center backs to give more freedom to his teammates like Mbappé and Griezmann and to let them receive more balls facing the net. Many people think that with another striker that France team could have been even better, but also many others argue that without Giroud’s involvement in their teamplay they would have struggled to play well, but still besides that discussion, it’s still strange that a striker couldn’t manage to get a single shot in goal during the whole tournament. Our World Cup API provides data on every shot taken in every World Cup game for your users to be able to identify some patterns.