brilliantly save
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often used in sports, for a goalkeeper preventing a goal with a great move
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- The keeper dives to his right to brilliantly save the penalty kick.
- In the final minute, the goalie brilliantly saved a shot that seemed destined for the top corner.
- She leaped across the goal to brilliantly save the powerful header.
- The shot was deflected, but the goalkeeper still managed to brilliantly save it.
- It looked like a certain goal, until he brilliantly saved it with his fingertips.
- The point-blank shot was brilliantly saved by the alert defender on the line.
- Twice in the first half, he had to brilliantly save powerful long-range efforts.
- The commentator screamed as the underdog's keeper brilliantly saved another attempt.
- To win the cup, they needed their goalie to brilliantly save at least one penalty in the shootout.
- The match highlight was undoubtedly when their captain brilliantly saved a goal-bound free-kick.