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the goalkeeper's version of a perfect alibi: nothing happened, and that's the whole point.
means a match in which a team or goalkeeper concedes zero goals.
from from cricket scorebooks, where a bowler's or team's record sheet stayed literally unmarked by runs against them; football borrowed the phrase for shutouts sometime in the 20th century.
american termcalled a shutout instead
goalkeeper bonusesmany contracts pay per clean sheet
fantasy footballclean sheets score defender and keeper points
for instance
petr cech — premier league record, 202 clean sheets across his career
gianluigi buffon — went 974 minutes without conceding, serie a, 2015-16
england 2018 world cup — kept clean sheets in group stage before penalty drama