In a world where goalkeepers are becoming more robotic, Nahuel Guzman sticks out
The occasional rogue goalkeepers still exist, but the class of René ‘El Loco’ Higuita, Jorge Campos, José Luis Chilavert, and Harald Schumacher are long gone. Guzmán, though, fits squarely within that dying breed. And he’s a welcome character in a sport that has become far to programmatic.“Today goalkeepers who play outside of their penalty area draw a lot of attention, like Manuel Neuer,” said Guzmán.
“I think this new rule limits us as goalkeepers,” Guzmán said. “I believe aggression or anything invasive, violent, aggressive gestures should never be allowed, whether it’s before a penalty or during a free kick. But the rule puts all the responsibility on goalkeepers. I read that goalkeepers can’t do any gestures that distract the penalty taker.
“That’s how I’ve always been. I get out of a bad situation by smiling or by telling a joke,” Guzmán said. “I think gradually valued that. To this day we still message each other. As we both advanced in Leagues Cup I told him that we were going to face each other. We’ve always done that. We exchanged messages when he was at the World Cup and at the Copa America that they won. I wasn’t with the national team anymore but somehow I felt part of those wins.
“I don’t know if we became best friends but we became great teammates, maybe great friends,” said Guzmán. “Together we went through experiences that touched us, that go deep. Those are experiences that strengthen relationships. I began to understand him on the field, and how I understood him on the field began to influence how I saw him off the field.”
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