1.   This Classic is unlike any other, even before the first keeper fish is hauled out of the Louisiana Delta this morning.

2.   Had it gone in, he would have become the first keeper to score in a World Cup.

3.   Kawaguchi, who joined Portsmouth in October, was the first Japanese keeper to sign with a British club.

4.   He was only playing as first choice keeper Ruben Diaz had been flown home with hepatitis.

5.   Toulouse keeper Gouamene only came to this event in an emergency request from French Ivory Coast coach Pierre Pleimelding when the first choice keeper got injured.

6.   That would allow him to achieve his long-cherished ambition of becoming the first keeper to score in the finals.