World Cup: Uruguay’s Suárez gets a vote as best goalkeeper
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If Netherlands goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg had a vote for the goalkeeping award at the World Cup, he said he’d vote for Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez. Stekelenburg sent his Ajax teammate a text message saying that ‘even now he already is the best keeper of the tournament,’ the Dutch paper De Telegraaf reported Monday. Uruguay meets the Netherlands in a World Cup semifinal Tuesday in Cape Town, South Africa.
Suárez was sent off for a deliberate handball on the line that denied Ghana a winning goal in the last seconds of Friday’s quarterfinal. Asamoah Gyan missed the ensuing spot kick, and Uruguay advanced on penalties.
Because of the handball, Suárez is suspended for Tuesday’s semifinal against the Netherlands, meaning he won’t get the chance to test Stekelenburg’s goalkeeping abilities.
-- Kevin Baxter in Durban, South Africa