Euro 2016: Top 5 goalkeepers of the tournament

Patricio was Portugal’s hero in the final 

#5 Lukasz Fabianski

Fabianski conceded only two goals in the tournament

The Swansea City goalie was benched for Poland’s tournament opener against Northern Ireland but was given a place in the starting eleven after first choice goalie Wojciech Szczesny suffered an injury.

Fabianski cemented his place in the playing XI by putting up a well-deserved clean sheet against Germany and kept another clean sheet in their final group game against Ukraine as Poland ended their group unbeaten at a major tournament for the first time since the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

In Poland’s round-of-16 encounter against Switzerland, Fabianski finally conceded his first goal of the tournament but made a string of fabulous saves; most notably from Ricardo Rodriguez’s free-kick and Eren Derdiyok’s header from close range.

Poland eventually won the match to set up a quarter-final meeting against Portugal which was decided by another penalty shootout. However, this one didn’t go Poland’s way as Portugal won the shootout 5-3 with Fabianski unable to make a single save in the shootout.

Fabianski conceded only two goals in the tournament and made a total of 19 saves. He helped Poland to its best finish at the Euros and has surely cemented his place as the first-choice goalkeeper ahead of the World Cup qualifiers.

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