There's nothing quite like a penalty save to elevate a goalkeeper's stock. Combine one with a successfully taken penalty, and a reputation can soar.
Indeed, splashed across the cover of AS on Friday was Kiko Casilla, the goalkeeper who performed such a double act (and saved a Carlos Bacca shot in normal time) in Real Madrid's penalty-shootout victory over AC Milan in Shanghai.
"Casilla throws his name into the hat," was the declaration over at Marca, the Madrid-based daily going on to produce a three-point analysis of the former Espanyol gloveman and stating he "ticks all the right boxes.