There were also saves that marked the final match. We can say that his save in the 120th minute was perhaps the breaking moment of the match. He also made great saves in penalty shootouts. Livakovic brought Croatia to the semi-finals. Because penalty shootout determined 2 matches. These two goalkeepers came to the fore, but in order to play in the big team, the goalkeeper needs to act like a defender when his foot needs to be smooth as well as penalty saves. These goalkeepers cannot be great team goalkeepers for now.
I'm pretty sure Fifa pick the players before the final match.
Of course the Golden Boot is known after the final due to obvious reasons.
There is even a very curious fact, in the 2002 World Cup they chose Oliver Kahn as best player of the cup, not only best goalkeeper, but best player, and in the final he conceded 2 goals with a huge fail. Ronaldo was the 2nd best player of that Cup.
People contested this award quite a bit, and I am sure that if they chose the best player after the final match, the result would be different, with Ronaldo first and Oliver second.
It is very difficult to define the best goalkeeper because of the method.
After all, is the best goalkeeper the one with the best numbers? The one who takes his team the furthest? Who makes the most difficult saves?
Very difficult to define in my opinion.