The goalkeeping level at the World Cup is not yet easy for Frans Hoek: ‘Many balls fly in too easily’

The World Cup goalkeepers – with the exception of Patrick Beach (Australia), his former pupil Mohammed Al-Owais (Saudi Arabia) and Vozinha (Cape Verde) – have not yet impressed Frans Hoek (69). “Many balls fly in too easily,” says the renowned trainer, who prefers to speak of ‘goal players’ rather than goalkeepers and thus calls himself a ‘goal player trainer’, because they not only stop balls, but also build them up.

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