Copenhagen Goal Keeper Karl-Johan Johnsson Created a New Europa League Record

The Denmark side Copenhagen F.C would have been eliminated from the quarter finals of the Europa League at the end of ninety minutes by Manchester United F.C(England) if not for the brilliant performance of their goal keeper who made thirteen good save to keep them in the match until extra time where he later conceded one goal from the penalty spot.


This brilliant performance by Karl-Johan Johnsson means that he is the first goal keeper to record thirteen saves in a single Europa League match since 2009 when the Europa League was establish. It was recorded by goal.com that no other keeper has manage to make such number of saves in a single Europa League match.


Although his team was later eliminated in the extra time of the match,his brilliance cannot be overlooked. With viewers comments, he would have made the match to end in a penalty shootout if not for the penalty they conceded in the extra time of the match. The question now is can any other keeper break this record that was created by Karl-Johan this night? The future will tell.