keep a clean sheet
keep a clean sheet — 慣用語
1. to finish a football match without letting the other team score a single goal
零封
足球賽中不讓對手進球得分
to finish a football match without letting the other team score a single goal
Alisson kept a clean sheet as Liverpool won 3–0 at Old Trafford.
Alisson 零封對手，利物浦在老特拉福德球場以 3–0 取勝。
past tense: kept a clean sheet
The Moroccan goalkeeper has kept a clean sheet in six of his last seven matches.
這位摩洛哥門將在最近七場比賽中有六場保持零封。
present perfect: has kept a clean sheet
Courtois kept a clean sheet and Real Madrid won the final 1–0.
Courtois 零封對手，皇家馬德里以 1–0 贏得決賽。
It was the third clean sheet Napoli had kept in that Champions League run.
那是 Napoli 在該季歐冠賽事中第三次保持零封。
cleft structure: it was the third clean sheet…
- shut out
more common in North American English; used across multiple sports, not just football
用法筆記
Used almost exclusively in football (soccer). The image comes from the match reporter's scoresheet, which stays blank — 'clean' — when no goals are scored against a side.