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In the example "The goalkeeper was a rock and refused to allow the other team to score"  metaphor as a type of figurative language is being used .
The metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for rhetorical effect. In this case it refers to the goal, by mentioning rock.

Apex ;) D. Methapor The Goalkeeper was a rock and refused to allow the other team to score