Casillas' international performances
Casillas' national team performance
Casillas was one of the youngest members of the 1999 World Youth Championship, which he won. Casillas made his debut for the Spanish national soccer team in 2000 at the UEFA European Championships, but was only selected as a substitute. 2002 World Cup, he made his debut in the starting lineup for Spain through an injury to Cañizares, and he performed well in the quarterfinals against Ireland, where a penalty shootout was to be decided. He was so good that he had to take a penalty kick against Ireland in the quarterfinals, which Casillas saved to qualify for the last eight. The game sealed his place in the starting lineup of the national team.
Casillas also played in the 2004 UEFA European Championships, but only in three group stage matches, and continued to be Spain's leading goalkeeper in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The 2006 tour of Germany ended with a 1-3 loss to France in the last eight of the tournament.
In 2008, Casillas continued to be selected for the Spanish national team, and even formally participated as the captain. He only conceded 3 goals in the group stage, and led the team to the top of Group D to qualify for the last eight. On June 30, 2008, the UEFA European Championship final was held in Spain against Germany. Germany. Liverpool striker Fernando Torres scored the winning goal. Spain kept the game alive until the 90th minute, winning 1:0. 44 years later, Spain won the championship again, with Casillas captaining Spain to the UEFA European Championship title.
In 2009, Spain participated in the 2009 Confederations Cup, Casillas helped Spain to secure all three group stage victories cum no goals conceded. Unfortunately, Spain was eliminated by the United States in the quarterfinals with 0-2.
In the final round of the World Cup in South Africa, Casillas kept five clean sheets, saving a penalty in the last eight against Paraguay.On July 11, 2010, in the 2010 World Cup final, Spain vs. the Netherlands, Casillas was once again a key figure, deflecting two one-touch shots from Lobin, and captaining Spain to a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands and their first ever World Cup title. He was named the best goalkeeper of the 2010 World Cup and won the World Cup Golden Glove Award.
At Euro 2012, Casillas' Spanish national team successfully defended their title, winning it once again. The final against Italy was Casillas' 137th international match and 100th victory, making him the first player in world soccer to achieve such a feat! After a goal scored by Italy's Di Natale in the opening group match (the only goal conceded by the Spanish national team in the tournament), San Casi held the record of 510 minutes of regular time without conceding a goal, surpassing the 494 minutes held by Italy's famous goalkeeper, Zoff, and setting a new European Cup record.
In the 2013 Confederations Cup, Casillas once again competed with Spain, who made it to the final and played a dream final against Brazil. Unfortunately, the final was surprisingly lopsided, with Brazil beating Spain 3-0 and Spain losing the Confederations Cup again. The Confederations Cup was also a tournament that Casillas failed to win.
Casillas was also involved in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, with the first match against last year's finalists, the Netherlands. However, Spain's starting center back Ramos was out of form with a lot of mistakes, plus Casillas made a low-level mistake in the second half, making the Netherlands scored the fourth goal, even Spain 1-5 defeat opponent. In the next round, Spain met Chile, the opponent of the group stage of the World Cup, and finally Spain lost 0-2. Spain lost twice in two matches and went out of the group stage in cold weather, failing to defend its title.
2016 UEFA European Championships, although Kassi has into Spain's selection list, but a not on the Italy 2-0 eliminated in the round of sixteen, and a few days after the tournament, Casillas in his personal Twitter implied that he wants to quit the national team, which also represents the official end of the Spanish dynasty of the Bosque.
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