The Golden Glove will be awarded at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the best goalkeeper in the tournament. The candidates are Lloris, Bounu ,Emmy Martínez and Livakovic
Thibaut Courtois of Belgium won the Golden Glove at the 2018 World Cup.
After Croatia beat Brazil on penalties, Morocco beat Portugal, France held on to beat England and Argentina narrowly beat the Netherlands.
Dominik Livakovic (Croatia)
Croatia faced a tough test against Belgium to get out of the group stage and their goalkeeper helped them hold on and put them on the road. But second place put Japan in the round of 16, a team that had already beaten Germany and Spain in their group.
The Dinamo Zagreb goalkeeper conceded only the second goal of the game, when Daizen Maeda put the Japanese ahead. Ivan Perišić scored just before the hour mark to send the game into extra time and possible penalties as the score was level 1–1. Japan took four penalties – Livaković saved three. The 27-year-old was the hero leading his team to a tasty quarter-final against Brazil.
Likely favorites to go all the way and lift the trophy, the South Americans demolished their Round of 16 opponent South Korea 4-1; the four goals decided the outcome in the first half. When they reached the round of 16 against Croatia, goals were expected from a very talented team.
But Neymar would take 105 minutes, until extra time, to complete the best of all stages. Brazil’s joy was short-lived, as Bruno Petkovic’s late goal sent Croatia into yet another penalty shootout to decide their fate. Livakovic again managed to save one of Brazil’s four penalties as the 2018 runners-up secured a place in their second successive World Cup final.
Amy Martinez (Argentina)
Goalkeeper Amy Martinez is one of those players who is willing to do anything to help her team and captain achieve glory.
The round of 16 tie with Australia brought more magic from Messi, but Martinez was unable to keep the Australians at bay thanks to an unfortunate own goal that went wide, but they managed to win 2-1 to set up the clash. Holland in the round of 16. Although he conceded two goals late in the game, after Argentina seemed deadlocked in the semi-finals, the Aston Villa keeper redeemed himself with a penalty. By saving two of the five Dutch penalties, he and his nation secured a place in the semi-finals.
Hugo Lloris (France)
It’s enough to go down in his country’s history to put him in the conversation for Qatar’s best goalkeeper, but the goalkeeper has shown that his team can rely on him now more than ever. Of the 16 shots on goal for Três Leões in this result, eight were on target and only one went past Lloris and won World Cup four years ago in Russia.
Yassin Bounu (Morocco)
So far, it has been quite the story for Iassine Bounou and Morocco. The tenacious goalkeeper helped his country overcome obstacles and conquer Europe en route to the semi-finals.
The 31-year-old has made several moves throughout his career, including a loan spell at his now permanent club Sevilla, but at this tournament there was no doubt where he stood: he was Morocco’s main man under the posts.
Walid Regragui’s decision to go with Bounou paid off and they proved to be one of the most reliable sides in the tournament so far, resulting in a clean sheet. Morocco is the only national team that has so far conceded a goal against an opponent in Qatar, and the goal against them was scored by their own player in the group stage match against Canada.
Bownow’s exploits in goal helped his country reach the Round of 16, knocking out tournament favorites Spain in the Round of 16. As well as lasting them for the full 90 minutes and then into extra-time, he was in fine form when the deciding penalty kick started. While the Spaniards hit the post with the first penalty, the goalkeeper still hit the target. He then saved the next two and team-mate Achraf Hakimi kicked the penalty that shut them out.
The next step was a different test in Portugal, who had only beaten Switzerland six times in the round of 16 before this quarter-final clash. Again, despite the attacking talent at Portugal’s disposal, resolute defending and good balance kept them at bay as Morocco progressed to the final four.
He scored only one goal in the tournament, an own goal by Naief Aguerd against Canada.