Tobias Thulin has 46 in save percentage and Andreas Palicka 41. Before the quarter-finals, both Swedes top the goalkeeper statistics and Sweden has chosen to rotate its goalkeepers, Mikael Appelgren has also been in 4 games and all three have lasted more than two games.
- I feel fresh, it's the first championship in a long time that we have this set-up and it has worked well.
We have had good goalkeeping performances in all matches, says Andreas Palicka.
Zero track of the percentage
However, the save percentage means nothing to him.
- I attach zero importance to it, says the Swedish star goalkeeper.
Tomas (Svensson, goalkeeper coach, our note) has a handle on it, but percentage is not something we discuss.
It is important what we save and when we save.
And we have six wins and are happy with the goalkeeping, it's going according to plan.
And a fresh goalie can have an advantage against more tired shooters at the end of a tournament.
- It is statistically proven that the players get more tired the longer the tournament goes on.
And the less head they shoot with, the greater chance we have to save, it's simple mathematics, says Andreas Palicka.