Practice makes perfect and Keylor Navas’s application on the training ground is renowned. The Costa Rican places just as much emphasis on honing traditional goalkeeping skills - coming out for crosses and one-on-ones, agility, power and speed - as he does on his ability with the ball at feet, conscious of the importance of this in the modern keeper’s craft. For years he has been doing drills to improve his distribution on both sides, which allows him to act as the starting point for Real Mad…

Practice makes perfect and Keylor Navas’s application on the training ground is renowned. The Costa Rican places just as much emphasis on honing traditional goalkeeping skills - coming out for crosses and one-on-ones, agility, power and speed - as he does on his ability with the ball at feet, conscious of the importance of this in the modern keeper’s craft. For years he has been doing drills to improve his distribution on both sides, which allows him to act as the starting point for Real Mad…