With his save near the end of the Switzerland match on Sunday, Manuel Neuer once again showed why he is still considered one of the world's best goalkeepers. The 38-year-old fended off a powerful long-range shot from Bayer Leverkusen's Granit Xhaka, preventing Switzerland from increasing their lead to 2-0. Just moments later, Niclas Füllkrug headed home at the other end to equalize – and put Germany top of the group.

In addition to making good saves, Neuer has been something of a playing assistant coach in this tournament. Not only in Germany's matches against Scotland and Hungary but also against Switzerland, the goalkeeper sprinted to the coaching area from time to time for a quick chat with national team boss Julian Nagelsmann. This is something he also did when Nagelsmann was his coach at Bayern Munich.

"It's important that we stay in communication and that I can then be the coach's extended arm on the pitch," Neuer said. "If I notice something or the coach........

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