"You are very nice but you saw that you ask me to decide between two monsters?
“When we asked him to decipher the qualities of Bavarian Manuel Neuer and Parisian Keylor Navas, Grégory Coupet, the ex-porter of Lyon and PSG preferred to smile at the difficulty of the task.
"We are talking about the best in Europe at the moment," he admits.
These are two games that I will watch carefully because it is rare to have two super goalkeepers facing each other at this level.
Regarding my prognosis, I know that everyone chooses Bayern but it's really 50-50.
It will be the
French flair
of PSG against the power of Bayern.
And that also corresponds to the Neuer-Navas duel.
"
The style.
“Neuer is impressive and gives off an impression of solidity.
When you arrive towards him, you must have the impression to find yourself in front of an impassable thing, a wall.
He must inspire some kind of fear when you are in front of him.
He has a bestial and manly side.
A sort of Oliver Kahn of the decade.
Navas is completely different.
It seems to me to be more in the thinking.
His strength is his great intelligence in movement and placement.
In fact ‚he is smart and positions himself to take the attacker wherever he wants.
He's sort of a silent assassin where Neuer would be more of a noisier kind.
Two different styles but equally effective.
And in the aerial game, the reading of the trajectories is as good for one as for the other.
"
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The qualities.
“Navas' mobility is formidable.
It is really in the last second that he makes the right gesture to position himself perfectly.
Neuer uses more of his physique and puts it forward very quickly.
He is able to quickly
cross
to look for a ball.
Despite its large frame, it is very flexible and relies heavily on the notion of butchering all possibilities.
Navas, on the other hand, trusts his instincts a lot.
And it works.
"
The influence on the team.
“Even if the Parisian defense is very strong, Navas is really the strong man.
Moreover, he sometimes has too much work in the Champions League, which is not really a good sign.
The return match against Barcelona looked like a specific goalkeeper session.
But a magical session with exceptional gestures.
Neuer arrives as the last link in an already strong chain.
He reads the game well and often intervenes far from his goals, unlike Navas who likes to stay close to his line.
But we feel that Neuer reassures everyone just by his regularity and his presence.
"
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Who is the best ?
“Neuer and Navas are the two best goalkeepers right now with Liverpool's Alisson.
But you can't compare a bulldog and a feline.
And the two don't play behind the same defenders.
I have only one certainty: the qualification is likely to be played on a miracle of one of the two goalkeepers.
In any case, it will be a pleasure to watch them.
"