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Topics: Football World Cup
Josh Lawless
There are just 19 days until the World Cup begins in Qatar, with the hosts in action against Ecuador in the curtain-raiser.
But we all know that the showpiece only truly starts when Guillermo Ochoa and Mexico are in action. Ochoa, with his frizzy hair and headband, always turns up tournaments and becomes the best goalkeeper in the world for about a month.
He's turned out for Club America, San Luis, Ajaccio, Malaga, Granada and Standard Liege and yet we're adamant nobody has ever seen him play a game of club football.
On the international stage, however, it's a completely different story. Ochoa is a household name and having made his debut in 2005, has been capped 130 times for his country.
He was called up to the 2006 and 2010 World Cup squads but did not make an appearance. For the last two tournaments, however, he's been the main man between the sticks and produced a series of incredible displays.
In 2014, Ochoa produced a Man of the Match display against hosts Brazil - and pulled off one of the best saves in World Cup history to deny Neymar.
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The Santos academy product came up with a bullet header that looked to be heading to the corner when Ochoa sprawled across his line and palmed it away with his right hand.
It was a stunning save Pele compared to the memorable one Gordon Banks produced to stop him from scoring back in 1970.
Ochoa then collected another Man of the Match award for a strong display in defeat against the Netherlands in round of 16.
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Fast forward to 2018 in Russia and Ochoa did his thing again, making a ridiculous total of 25 saves in four games. Only Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois made more in the tournament on the whole.
He's been keeping himself busy by breaking Club America's clean sheet record and you just know he's ready to serve up some more reflex madness in Qatar.
Mexico are in Group C alongside with Argentina, Poland and Saudi Arabia, so expect some big performances from the goalkeeper the streets will never forget.