{"id":251434,"date":"2026-07-03T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/that-was-sensational-aussie-keepers-heroic-moment-keeps-wc-campaign-alive\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:39:00","slug":"that-was-sensational-aussie-keepers-heroic-moment-keeps-wc-campaign-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/that-was-sensational-aussie-keepers-heroic-moment-keeps-wc-campaign-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018That was sensational\u2019: Aussie keeper\u2019s heroic moment keeps WC campaign alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Goalkeeper Patrick Beach was once again the hero for Australia on Saturday morning AEST, producing a stunning late save during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/football\/fifa-world-cup-2026-australia-vs-egypt-live-socceroos-team-news-start-time-next-game-mo-salah-fitness-updates-in-dallas\/news-story\/bd39b9656b40e316fb5e9997bc1cbea5\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Socceroo\u2019s World Cup Round of 32 clash against Egypt in Arlington<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scores were tied at 1-1 at the end of regulation time at Dallas Stadium, and the Egyptians had seemingly unearthed a late winner when a precise cross from captain Mohamed Salah found Ramy Rabia, who steered a glancing header towards the net.<\/p>\n<p>But Beach, with lightning reflexes, stuck out his left hand to push the ball over the crossbar for a corner, ensuring the contest went to extra time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e5mrwj-0 jpgUYc\"><amp-iframe width=\"16\" height=\"9\" title=\"Minutely\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-top-navigation\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\" src=\"https:\/\/snippet.tldw.me\/amp\/amp-launcher.html?publisher=204500&amp;placement=4280\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" i-amphtml-layout=\"responsive\" id=\"i-amp-0\"><i-amphtml-sizer style=\"display:block;padding-top:56.25%\"\/><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/content.foxsports.com.au\/fs\/electrode\/poster-fallback.png\" placeholder=\"true\" i-amphtml-ssr=\"\" data-hero=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fill i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fill\"><\/amp-img><\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<p>It comes after the 22-year-old made eight saves during Australia\u2019s World Cup opener against Turkiye in Vancouver also keeping a clean sheet during the Socceroos\u2019 group-stage contest against Paraguay.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Get all the latest football news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=FootballArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up now &gt;<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-11i7hbm-0 eUyOEq\"><amp-img alt=\"Australia goalkeeper Patrick Beach. AP Photo\/Tony Gutierrez\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/8f99c1819964a4898851057558892c9f\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/8f99c1819964a4898851057558892c9f?width=320 320w, https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/8f99c1819964a4898851057558892c9f?width=640 640w, https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/8f99c1819964a4898851057558892c9f?width=768 768w\" layout=\"responsive\" attribution=\"test\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" i-amphtml-layout=\"responsive\"><i-amphtml-sizer style=\"display:block;padding-top:56.25%\"\/><\/amp-img><figcaption class=\"sc-11i7hbm-1 gSnntl\"><span>Australia goalkeeper Patrick Beach. AP Photo\/Tony Gutierrez<\/span><span>Source: AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat a save that is,\u201d former England defender Matt Upson said on BBC One<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalk about reaction, top class. The first time cross, the run, the header and the fantastic save at the end of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former England forward Chris Sutton continued on BBC Radio 5 Live: \u201cThe ball was absolutely bang on from Mo Salah and Patrick Beach was going to his right hand side and all of a sudden he reacts. I think it is heading in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRamy Rabia must think he has scored. That was sensational, it really was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA tremendous piece of goalkeeping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN, Beach leads all goalkeepers in goals prevented at the World Cup with 2.65. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe transfer value on his head now,\u201d former Australian midfielder Tommy Oar said on SBS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI\u2019ll be very shocked if he doesn\u2019t get a move abroad after what he\u2019s done on the biggest stage of all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prssure doesn\u2019t seem to affect him<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u2018RECKLESS\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/football\/world-cup\/fifa-world-cup-2026-australia-vs-egypt-socceroos-fuming-over-uruguayan-referee-after-jordan-bos-injury-tackle\/news-story\/c4bf985688cad4575b1cf1be4cf91562\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Heat on ref as \u2018terrible tackle\u2019 leaves Aussies seething<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u2018BACK OFF!\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/football\/fifa-world-cup-2026-australia-v-egypt-round-of-32-preview-socceroos-coach-tony-popovic-press-conference-mohamed-salah-fitness-nestory-irankunda-transfer-rumours\/news-story\/294eb2a18c40db1e1eb522ae55fb1df8\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rival\u2019s police drama caught on camera<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Later, Beach was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/football\/world-cup\/massive-massive-call-popa-explains-bombshell-decision-as-wc-image-stuns\/news-story\/d1494c004d5ad3002be4de02388ee71a\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">controversaially substituted off the field<\/a> momentd before the penalty shootout in favour of the experienced Mat Ryan.<\/p>\n<p>However, the goalkeeper switch ultimately didn\u2019t pay off for the Australians \u2014 Harry Souttar and Lucas Herrington both missed their attempts, with Ryan failing to save any of Egypt\u2019s four spot-kicks, ending the Socceroos\u2019 World Cup campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/football\/world-cup\/that-was-sensational-aussie-keepers-heroic-moment-keeps-wc-campaign-alive\/news-story\/e9bcce303e0a41df86d87e11eb50e061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goalkeeper Patrick Beach was once again the hero for Australia on Saturday morning AEST, producing a stunning late save during the Socceroo\u2019s World Cup Round of 32 clash against Egypt in Arlington. Scores were tied at 1-1 at the end of regulation time at Dallas Stadium, and the Egyptians had seemingly unearthed a late winner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":251435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6807],"tags":[156],"class_list":{"0":"post-251434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leagues-cups","8":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}