Dutch super-sub penalty shoot-out goalkeeper Tim Krul revealed he’d been “working on it for seven weeks.”
It was a huge risk when Louis Van Gaal introduced Newcastle shot-stopper Krul for Jasper Cillessen in the last minute of extra time.
Dutch super-sub penalty shoot-out goalkeeper Tim Krul revealed he’d been “working on it for seven weeks.”
It was a huge risk when Louis Van Gaal introduced Newcastle shot-stopper Krul for Jasper Cillessen in the last minute of extra time.
However, it paid off, as Krul saved two out of five Costa Rica penalties to send the Netherlands through to the World Cup semi-final against Argentina.
“This is what you work for for seven weeks,” Krul told FIFA after the final whistle.
“Now you can see, you have to do this with all 23 men.”
Asked if he had studied the Costa Rica penalty takers, Krul revealed there is a different secret to his success.
“We had looked at them, but we didn’t learn anything. The power was standing still and then going in. Me and Frans Hoek worked on it.”