The stated goal of the Afghan conflict is to deny the Taliban and its al-Qaida allies a home base from which to attack targets in the West.

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Preston were only able to occasionally threaten, though Gomes pulled off a brilliant athletic save to deny Wallace a goal with a curling free-kick.

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There was the deliberate handball on the line in a 2010 World Cup quarterfinal to deny Ghana a clear goal he received a red card for that and was jokingly called "the best goalkeeper of the tournament" by the Netherlands goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.

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At the other end Weaver was again called upon to deny Marshall a debut goal by parrying away the midfielder's deflected shot.

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