There's nothing more brilliant in football than a huge moment, one that changes the course of the game, maybe even the course of history itself and that's exactly what Jordan Pickford didn't do.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's winner in the Champions League final of 1999, Jerzy Dudek's penalty save in the 2005 final and Sergio Aguerooooooo's last minute Premier League winner in 2012 are the kind of moments that football is made for.
A moment of pure brilliance that really changes the game, that one winner or that one huge save that means you win the match and if it's late in the game then all the better.
Harry Kane's 57th minute penalty was a brilliant moment for England and no fans would have been annoyed if that had been the winner but it somehow lacked the drama.
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As every England fan knows though the Three Lions will find a way to provide some horrible drama that you don't actually want, or at least it's not good for the health.
England needed penalties and that was all down to Yerry Mina's late equaliser but the goal itself only came about after Jordan Pickford's incredible save from Mateus Uribe 35 yard shot that looked destined for the net:
The replay wasn't shown during the live broadcast as Russian TV instead focused on Colombia getting ready to take the resulting corner, which David Ospina went up for, and then Mina headed home from the corner.
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There was some debate as to whether the shot from Uribe was going in or not but it's questionable either way and there was no way Pickford could afford to not save it.
It is though one of the greatest saves ever that didn't matter as the result may well have been exactly the same if he'd just let it fly into the top corner and then we'd have seen a great goal.
The save is actually similar to the brilliant Toni Kroos free kick goal from Germany's group game against Sweden in some ways.
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The Real Madrid midfielder's goal did of course win the game for the 2014 world champions but ultimately it proved irrelevant as Germany went out.
We all want the big moments to really matter but I'm starting to love the ones that are ultimately meaningless.
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