Socceroos’ penalty-saving specialist Andrew Redmayne is in awe of Mackenzie Arnold, declaring the Matildas goalkeeper was “better than” him after her FIFA Women’s World Cup quarter-final exploits.
Arnold’s heroics in Australia’s 7-6 weekend penalty shootout win over France sealed the Matildas a berth in Wednesday night time’s semi-final in opposition to England in Sydney.
Arnold. saved three penalties, had a fourth save denied as a result of she moved too early off her line and stepped as much as take her aspect’s fifth spot kick.
While Arnold missed, resulting in the shootout changing into a sudden-death affair, Redmayne praised the 29-year-old West Ham custodian’s bravery.
The subsequent day, Redmayne, who starred within the shootout in opposition to Peru that secured the Socceroos qualification to the 2022 World Cup after approaching particularly for the spot kicks, was extra profitable with a penalty of his personal in his membership aspect Sydney FC’s Australia Cup round-of-32 conflict with the Central Coast Mariners.
In Australian soccer’s second marathon shootout in lower than 24 hours, Redmayne was profitable with the twenty second penalty to safe Sydney a 10-9 shootout win after scores have been locked at 3-3 on the finish of extra-time.
“She (Arnold) is better than I am – I went last,” Redmayne stated.
“To step up and take one, it would have been an iconic moment (if she scored), but having said that, that’s not her job, that’s on the other players.
“She more than played her role in the shootout with the saves she made, but not only that, she’s been phenomenal throughout the whole tournament.
“I’m really looking forward to watching her flourish in the semi-final … she’s still young for a goalkeeper so I’m really looking forward to watching her in the next couple of years to see where she can take her career.”
As for his personal profitable spot kick, Redmayne stated he “didn’t want to muck around” in taking a penalty for the primary time in his profession.
“The shootout was a bit slow at the end, but it was good fun,” he stated.
“I never really thought about taking a penalty, but I kind of knew it was coming. I’m just glad we got on the right side of the result.”
Sydney FC’s secured the Sky Blues a round-of-16 Cup conflict in opposition to NPL NSW membership APIA Leichhardt.
Originally printed as Socceroos hero Andrew Redmayne stuffed with reward for his Matildas counterpart Mackenzie Arnold
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
