@@theplacebeyondthelies2429 the 2002 World Cup ball Fevernova was a evil ball it had inside a tiny bump like size of a tiny ball inside the ball and it allowed goalkeepers to block it a certain way for the ball won’t go in the net like putting fists Lots of players complained with this ball even my dad owned this ball and said when you shoot it feels like a tiny ball inside and it messes up the ball rotation
This man was not just a goalkeeper, he was fucking leader. A true beast of his area. He managed and defended his territory like no one else. That is what sets him apart from other skillful keepers. He showed his passion and moved the defense. He started plays and transmitted security, calmness, and control. Pure stamina, vision, and strength. Hail King Kahn!
I just love how he went far out from the goal, to kick the ball and how he helped teammates in last minutes as additional player in attack. Kahn forever!
When I was at the age of 8, knowing nothing about soccer then, I turned on the TV once. The screen displayed the live match up between Germany and South Korea. Right then, I couldn't believe how the German goalkeeper actually made so many seemingly impossible saves. That was when I fell in love with soccer. Thank you, Oliver Kahn. YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY FAVOURITE KEEPER. NOTHING CAN CHANGE THAT. TRUE LEGEND RIGHT THERE.
@@donersempft5024 In this match, he truly played as a goalkeeper and a sweeper! But Kahn in 2002 lead Germany into the final single-handely. Okay, with a little help by Klose in the group stages and Ballack and Neuville in the knock-out-stages. I won't forget the match against the US. I jumped up so many times. Probably the best performance of a goalkeeper in WC history, with Tim Howard against Belgium in 2014. We would've never reached the final without Kahn. He rightfully deserved the _"Best Player Of The Tournament"_ award in spite of Ronaldos performance.
I remember watching the world cup 2002 and said to myself how can Germany reach the final with that defence. Unbelievable Kahn carried them through to the final. Very unlucky to lose against Brazil.
Just look at the opponents until the final: Saudi-Arabia, Ireland, Cameroon, Paraguay, USA and South Korea. Not the best teams... I'm sure that the World Cup would have ended for Germany if they have had to play against Spain, Argentina or Italy for example.
You cannot be sure that germany would have beaten them. ;) the defeats of spain and italy for example also have been very 'special' (ref's decisions pro korea).
Kahn was THE reason for getting so far in this tournament. I remember that he made so many damn awesome safes that you got the feeling of „nothing can happen to us because Kahn is there“... I never had that feeling again. I was so glad that they gave him the player of the tournament trophy. And what a heartbreaking Moment as he made that huge mistake against brasil at the 1:0 .... that was so brutal after all these out of this world safes
In case you didn't know; Kahn had broken a finger as a player stepped on it earlier in the match if I remember correctly. That played into him making that mistake...
World Cup 2002 was my first Cup I have ever seen as child, and Oliver Kahn soon became my favorite player in this event, then from this point I was watching all future World and Euro Cups, and cheering for the National Elf. For me he is the all time best goalkeeper so far. This guy was more than a regular great goalkeeper, he had all the skills, not only reflex, physical strenght and leadership, but he perfectly recognized ths situations in front of the goal, it is why he succeeded so many times running out far from the goal line. He took the risk, but he knew what he is doing, he knew his own capabilities as well. I always felt like he is a mad tiger who would even grab the ball with his fangs, if he could.
For years, I hated the fact that we lost that final to Brasil. Mostly because people were hating on Kahn, saying shit like "he cost us the finals". We never deserved to make it out of the group stage, that is how bad we were back then... Kahn was the ONLY reason why we made it to the finals in the first place. He didn't deserve to take any negative comments after he messed up in them. Anyway, ever since the last World Cup and that semi final against Brasil, I don't feel as bad about this World Cup anymore... ^^
I dont think Kahn messed up in those finals. Even in that final he made some great saves other goalkeepers wouldnt have made, and the first goal was caused by a very tricky shot many goalkeepers would have struggled with. Germany's defense didnt cover ronaldo, otherwise the 2nd attempt would not have been possible. and the 2nd goal was impossible for kahn to prevent. Overall if anyone is to take blame its germany's defense, kahn had to overperform in so many games, finals included, because the german defense was so bad and uncoordinated.
Also, Michael Ballack missed the final due to suspension. He was playing very well throughout the tournament. The final might have been a closer match (even though Brazil at that time would have had a slight edge) if Ballack was playing.
At this world cup I fell in love with this sport and the position as a goalkeeper.. Kahn was the best, and 10 years later my style as a goalkeeper has a big influence of his style :)
Looking at this video just brought back memories as to how bad Germany's defense was at that moment in the 2002 World Cup. Oliver Kahn was a beast at that tournament! Without a doubt Kahn and Ronaldo were the best players at the 2002 World Cup and good thing that they both made it to the final.
I like how Kahn became the first goalie to win the Golden Ball award eventhough Ronaldo was the top scorer at that competition and Brazil are the winners of the tournament. Shows how much importance he brought to his country in captaining them to that last match. Legendary commander!
Ashish Singh i been a fan of germany since 1994 that was my first world cup i watched when i was 7 i been rooting for them ever since, this past decade they been in 2nd and 3rd, for the past world cups, but everything seems right in the cards for Germany to win this year, Klose is close to setting new record and make history, Germany due to win after a long drought, what better way to win then in brazil!
nyckid4ever Yeah I also think that Germany are long overdue a World Cup trophy that has avoided them for the past 24 years. And I also think that at this moment, before the Round of 16 starts tomorrow, that Germany is the best national squad at the moment in the world. They are filled with talent everywhere. But I simply do not see them winning it because of of the fact that the World Cup is being played in South America. They would certainly make history if they do win it! : )
Hopefully they do win, the way the brackets are set, brazil and france are ones to be concerned with but hopefully algeria dont give Germany trouble, and on the other side of the bracket US, Mexico, Netherlands and Argentina are contenders that have that hunger to win, it will be quite interesting though! but hopefully Germany wins and Klose ends his international career as a champion and breaks the record
Dass dieses Team im WM-Finale stand ist einfach ein Fehler in der Matrix. Das waren ja wirklich nur Ballack und Kahn. Umso beeindruckender ist die Performance Kahns im Rückblick.
@@Prandei Bernd Schneider war auch top. Prinzipiell geb ich dir aber schon recht. Wir hatten damals halt auch unverschämtes Losglück. Vorm Finale gegen brasilien kam ja kein einziger wirklich großer Gegner.
@@Danbu1988 Ja zu einen hatten wir das Glück auf unserer Seite, aber andererseits muss man auch fairerweise sagen, dass die anderen Top-Teams teilweise schwache Leistungen abgerufen haben. Allein das Frankreich, Argentinien und Portugal in der Gruppenphase rausgeflogen sind, zeigt schon, dass es eine WM war, indem die Außenseiter geglänzt haben. Man kann es auch so interpretieren, dass bei dieser WM die Außenseiter stark aufgespielt haben. Der Umstand, dass Südkorea zwei glückliche und überraschende Siege gegen Italien und Spanien verbuchen konnte, muss allerdings auch berücksichtigt werden. Im nachhinein hatte Korea schon großes Glück. Nichts desto trotz sind die meisten Favoriten an ihren schwachen Leistungen gescheitert. Italien war alles andere als Souverän in der Gruppenphase und auch Spanien hatte im Achtelfinale große Schwierigkeiten mit Irland und Südkorea. Beide Spiele gingen ins Elfmeterschießen. Aber dennoch war es gerade deswegen eine schöne Weltmeisterschaft und die deutsche Mannschaft stand am Ende auch nicht unverdient im Finale. Die Mannschaft hat im gesamten Turnier nur 3 Gegentore kassiert und insgesamt 5 mal zu Null gespielt, das ist schon eine beeindruckende Leistung. Vor allem im Finale waren die deutschen besonders stark. Hier drehte sich der Spieß um, und Brasilien hatte das (verdiente) Glück (des Tüchtigen). Das im ganzen Turnier auch Glück dabei war, dass bestreite ich nicht. Das brauchst du immer, sonst kommst du erst gar nicht soweit :)
It's embarrasing how poor the german defense performed back then. They would have barely made it out of the goup stage if they had had an average goalkeeper. Also they only barely defeated all of their opponents (except Saudi Arabia) and only managed to do so because Kahn saved their asses in every match.
@@whynotstayhonest4706 Some Englishmen can go crazy about it! Here in Germany, we consider the national team a _"tournament team"._ It doesn't matter how bad we did in friendlies or the qualifications, if it's WC or EURO time, the results must fit! But we screw up at the last steps so often. I don't know how many times we were runner-ups or 3rd at the World Cup....
Best Goalkeeper performance in a tournament I ever seen. I was 9 when this World Cup was on but I remember it perfectly. I played as a striker but Oliver Kahn made me want to be a goalkeeper and made me a Bayern fan ( as well as the signing of Claudio Pizarro since I’m from Peru ) never seen a goalkeeper like Kahn to this day not even close. Not just in terms of goalkeeping but he used to intimidate the hell out of attackers. They don’t make goalkeepers like Kahn anymore
I remember watching the final and his mistake looked much then than it does now. He was a monster during that tournament. It felt like you just couldn‘t lose with him, hence why the final was such a shock.
How Olembe of Cameroon shit his pants in the 1v1 is a prime example of what separates Kahn from other great goalkeepers. He struck fear into the hearts and minds of opponents. Odd comparison maybe, but he was like Michael Jordan in that even teammates were afraid of him. He was a very loud and demanding leader who could certainly wear you down. But he just oozed confidence and made everyone raise their level of play. As a Dortmund fan I've seen this first-hand a good number of times. When Kahn played the other team often went into games already defeated. Nobody wanted to meet him in his territory, he was such a beast. One of a kind, have massive respect for him.
Honestly the greatest individual performance in world cup history. How he managed to carry germany to the finals and allow only 2 goals from a stacked Brazil team is mind-boggling.
Never never world will see another Olivar Kahn and Gianluigi Buffon as best goal keeper ..What kind of reflex they had has to researched for next generation goalkeeper ..
It's truly painful, it happens to everyone. All the effort and glory mean nothing in the last minute or chance to achieve a goal. He was Germany in 2002.Respect!
kahn no ganaste la copa pero ganastes lo mas importante que puede ganar un portero : el respeto y la admiracion de todos, tuvistes bastante premios, mejor portero, guante de oro, balon de oro, que mas puedes pedirle a la vida, lamentablemente ronaldo marco esos dos tanto y no porqe es mejor que tu, sino por tu problema en la mano, sino hubieses llevado a alemania a la gloria, pero no importa llevaste a tu seleccion a la final, ningun arquero haria eso, eres mi gran idolo y el mejor arquero :)...
The 02 world cup was my time watching any soccer on tv. I was all for Brazil but I felt so bad for Kahn after this. This is the only time that I recall a keeper getting mega hype in a world cup.
A lot of people say that Neuer has surpass Khan as German Goalie. That's bullshit, here's why, Khan would've won world cup 4 times with Neuer's team but Neuer wouldn't even pass the group stage with Khan's 2002 team.
Oliver Khan ..el mejor arquero del mundo,,, yo vi ese mundial, y khan lo jugó solo. La final con brasil era un equipo de uno, con diez más tratando de hacer algo,,se merecía ganar. Yo soy arquero, y estudio sus videos para mejorar.KHAN DAS BESTE Oliver Khan is the best goalkeeper inthe world, I saw that worldcup, and khan played alone. The final with brasil, wa a team of ONE, with other ten guys trying to do something,, he deserved to win. I'm a goalkeeper, and study khan's videos to improve.
Since the elementary school I've been the goalkeeper, because I was fat. From that World Cup I was the goalkeeper, because I was Oliver Kahn. Thank you Master, for giving inspiration in my teenagerhood!
Lets be honest, Kahn was the only reason we ever reached the final that World Cup. Maybe the only example in history where one player alone carried a whole team to the final.
Around 2015 I voluntered myself to be the goalkepper from our team (it was an inside tournament with the other students) i remember i knee nothing about defending and then i searched for good saves,then i found this video and i was just mesmerized by oliver khan,i kept replying this video again and again,thank God ronaldo scored those 2 goals hahahaha
Casillas isnt close to him... and apart from Klose&Ballack, that german side was literally UNDER AVERAGE. Kahn was GODLY. Greatest GK EVER. Look at that shit german defense, especially against ireland..
Casillas was indeed not as godly as Kahn in WC2002, but he showed himself to be a very promising goalkeeper. Paid attention to him since that tournament. Kahn... went on to have a regression.
@Erasmo Stride Yes but compared to the next generation of players such as Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Ozil, Muller and Hummels that won the 2014 WC as well as previous squads, this team was very subpar on paper. Kahn, Ballack and Klose really took them singlehandedly to the final.
People have zero nuance, that team had a lot of good players, it was a good squad, it simply was weaker than Brazi, Argentina (who underperformed) and maybe three or four European squads.
danke für dieses video =) wm 2002 - meine erste weltmeisterschaft die ich intensiv verfolgt habe und zum absoluten kahn-fan dabei wurde....was der gehalten hat...unglaublich
Chris Rasta He was injured that time. If he wasn't injured he'd surely stop him. First goal should not be counted because Rivaldo fouled Hamann ( if i'm not wrong ) and it should be a foul for Germany, but he shoot the ball, Kahn missed it and then Ronaldo scored. if Germany would have scored that goal in second half when Neuville hit the post. The result would be different.
Not really, the '02 squad was a significant improvement on the '98 squad and the horrendous team put together by Erich Ribbeck. Doesn't change the fact that the German WC games where pretty much "Oliver Kahn vs. [enter opposing nation here]", however.
wenn man bedenkt, kahn bei der WM2002 - bis zum finale hat der keinen einzigen ball über die linie gelassen. bis zum finale war er ohne gegentor. schade das es dann im finale nicht gereicht hat, aber diese leistung allein - bei einer WM - verdient allergrößten respekt. OLiVER KAHN 4 EVER
one of the best goalkepper of the history,im from chile and i remember this world cup, i have to said that oliver kahn was the rreason that germany was in the final
Was der Typ gegen Irland herausgeholt hat, das ist einfach nur phänomenal! Das erste Gegentor gegen Brasilien war besonders bitter, da er sich davor seine Hand verletzte. Aber gut, so ist der Lauf der Dinge.
OLIVER KAHN WAS TERRIFIC! I could vaguely remembered how he had brought me into thinking the coolness brought about by goalkeepers thanks to his beautiful saves and 'manly' facial expression. REALLY AWESOME! I was so glad when he actually won the Golden Ball Award. Happpyyyy for him!
It was impossible that a team of that calibre won't win the wc no mater how good Germany and Kahn were .A team with Rivaldo ,Ronaldhino ,Ronaldo ,Cafu ,Roberto Carlos ................ it was a pleasure to see them dancing with the ball .
Manuel Neuer was the best goalkeeper in 2014 (Golden Glove), however... Oliver Kahn was not only the best goalkeeper but best player overall (Golden Ball) in 2002, even beating the monster that was Ronaldo! Anyway, german goalkeepers are the best :D
@T M The Golden Ball 2014 went to Messi ... even though many commenters said that this was a wrong decision, as Neuer, Müller, Rodriguez or Robben were better performing. Personally, I think Robben should have gotten it.
2:48 i never forger this move, i was watching live this match, was very smart, he though that in less than a second, oli is a IDOL, Respect from Chile!
he only conceded 3 goals I'm 2002if my memory serves me right.. 2 was against brazil in finals. And both the goals were scored by one of the legends ronaldo
Oli Kahn hat uns ins Finale gebracht!! Jürgen Klinsmann hätte ihm 2006 das Vertrauen schenken sollen und wir hätten den Titel im Land behalten... Für mich der beste Torwart der Welt!!!
