{"id":99719,"date":"2023-10-06T17:23:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=99719"},"modified":"2023-10-06T17:23:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:23:45","slug":"ex-man-utd-goalkeeper-shows-fans-what-theyre-missing-with-two-stunning-penalty-saves-as-former-team-mate-sent-off-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/sport\/ex-man-utd-goalkeeper-shows-fans-what-theyre-missing-with-two-stunning-penalty-saves-as-former-team-mate-sent-off-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Man Utd goalkeeper shows fans what they're missing with two stunning penalty saves – as former team-mate sent off | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
MANCHESTER UNITED'S goalkeeper troubles with Andre Onana have been quite evident in the last few games. <\/p>\n
So the recent starring performance of former United fan favourite shot-stopper Sergio Romero saw supporters take notice. <\/p>\n
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Romero, who played understudy to David de Gea throughout his six years at Old Trafford, now plays his football back home in Argentina for Boca Juniors.<\/p>\n
And the 36-year-old endeared himself to fans with a stunning performance in their Copa Libertadores semi-final win over Palmeiras.<\/p>\n
The goalie was joined on the winning side by fellow ex-United stars Edinson Cavani and Marcos Rojo.<\/p>\n
Cavani, who played at United for two years, got Boca off to a flyer by scoring in the 23rd minute.<\/p>\n
But after Rojo, 33, was sent off with a second yellow card for a late tackle following the break, Joaquin Piquerez managed an equaliser for Palmeiras, forcing a shootout.<\/p>\n Things looked bleak for Boca at the start of the shootout after Cavani, 36, failed to score from 12 yards.<\/p>\n Romero then made two penalty saves against Raphael Veiga and Gustavo G\u00f3mez to make the difference as Boca emerged as 4-2 winners.<\/p>\n They will now play Fluminense in the final on November 4.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n FREE BETS – BEST BETTING OFFERS AND BONUSES NEW CUSTOMERS<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking after the game, Romero said: "I'm 36 years old – an age when I like to have fun, and for me penalties are fun."<\/p>\n Boca midfielder Ezequiel Fernandez added: "You dream about these kind of days when you are a kid and so to live it is a unique, special experience.<\/p>\n "It's history but we know how big we are, how great we are, but it is still a dream."<\/p>\n Miraculously, the semi-final was not the first time Romero performed shootout heroics in the competition. <\/p>\n He also made double saves in the second legs of both the quarter-final and the last 16.<\/p>\n Boca are seeking a seventh Libertadores title, and a first since 2007.<\/p>\n Brazilian rivals Fluminense are hoping to win the trophy for the first time in the club's history, with their 2008 runner-up feat the only other time they have been in the final.<\/p>\n MAN UTD NEWS LIVE: Stay up to date with all of the latest transfer and takeover news from Old Trafford<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/picture>PAUL OVER <\/span><\/p>\n
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