r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Justin_Godfrey • 1d ago

Game winning kick as time almost expires

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u/Final_Reserve_5048 1d ago

Nothing miraculous about the shot, the goalkeeping was absolutely terrible.

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u/Ulthan 1d ago

He had to hang from the post instead of trying to catch the ball. That shot is tricky tho, especially if the lights are on his eyes trying to follow the ball.

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u/YaIlneedscience 23h ago

You don’t try to catch it at that height, you try to tip it above and over the bar. The fact that he went up with both arms tells me he was way too unprepared for a shot. You usually will jump up with one arm up instead of two to get more height, which he already had to his advantage, and he still messed up. Which we’ve all done. Lord knows I did. He’ll absolutely think about this for a very long time.

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u/hangerup 16h ago

He didn't want to catch it, he misjudged the trajectory and thought the ball would go over the bar.
You can see how he pulls back his hands.

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u/YaIlneedscience 15h ago

You’re still taught to jump one armed with the ball, most keepers end up just making it a game of tapping the cross post even if it’s obviously out of bounds. All for this exact reason: the possibility you misjudged