Robert ‘Pantera’ Sanchez had Spain’s media team looking for emojis after he shone in training.
The Albion goalkeeper is in St Petersburg as Spain prepare to play Switzerland in the Euro 2020 quarter-finals.
He has been dubbed Pantera, or Panther, while with the squad over last few weeks due to his athleticism.
Spain tweeted a collection of his saves in yesterday’s session – and an emoji of a tiger.
The accompanying text read: “What can we say about our panther? Robert Sanchez saved everything this afternoon.
"PS: We’ve put an emoji of a tiger because, at the moment, there isn’t one of a panther.”
🐅 ¡¡Y QUÉ DECIR DE NUESTRA PANTERA!!
— Selección Española de Fútbol (@SeFutbol) June 30, 2021
🧤 Robert Sánchez se lo paraba TODO esta tarde.
😄 PD: Ponemos el emoji del tigre porque de pantera, de momento, no hay. #SomosEspaña #EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/bXWgDp49Ym
A couple of the saves shown looked fairly comfortable for Sanchez but there were some fine stops close to the posts.
Unai Simon remains first choice. He was put forward for media duty yesterday and has been highly praised by boss Luis Enrique for his performance in the 5-3 win over Croatia after an initial blunder which gifted the opponents the lead.
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