7 best goal line clearances ever

#3 Jerome Boateng against Ukraine

When a goal-line clearance grabs more attention than a goal in a football match, you know that it was something extraordinary. As Germany took on Ukraine in a Euro 2016 clash, they opened the scoring thanks to Shkodran Mustafi’s header from a Toni Kroos set piece.

Ukraine, however, kept fighting and came very close to scoring an equaliser when Yevhen Konoplyanka’s cross from a half-volley deflected off Jerome Boateng and was traversing into the goal. Boateng, who was also following a similar trajectory as he was falling inside his own goal, however, kicked the ball out at the very last moment to deny Ukraine a goal.

Given that Boateng himself was horribly off-balance, this was a remarkable feat in its own right.