Unai Simon has written his name in the history of the World Cup after beating Walter Zenga's mark
The Murgia ranger has achieved a record 89 minutes inarow in the match against Austria afterleavinghis goal to zero, thus overcoming the 517 minute barrier that the Italian A0wAlter Zenga set at the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
Unai Simon against Austria at the 16th World Cup.
Athleticgoalkeeper Unai Simon today wrote his name in the history of the World Cup. The Albiazul ranger has surpassed Austria in the record so far held by Italian Walter Zenga , and is the longest-unbeaten goalkeeper in the history of the World Cup.
The Murgia ranger, who spent 89 minutes in a row today, broke the record without a goal. The red-white ranger has crossed the 517 minute barrier that Zenga set at the 1990World Cup in Italy .
The Italian goalkeeper played five games without a goal and it was Argentina that broke the Italian streak with a goal in the 67th minute of the semi-final.
Simon, for his part, has tied two tournaments to set a new record. His streak began on December 1, 2022, at the Qatar World Cup. The last player to score was Japan's Ao Tanaka, who won 2-1 of the Spanish-Japanese match in the 51st minute of the group stage competition.
From there, the red-white goalkeeper kept the last 39 minutes of the match against Japan and the 120 minutes of the eight-final match against Morocco. That playoff was decided in the penalty batch, and the Spanish team was eliminated from the championship by failing three penalties.
To these 159 minutes have been added the 270 minutes of the 2026 World Cup group stage against Cape Verde (0-0) , Saudi Arabia (4-0) and Uruguay (0-1) .
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