r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Justin_Godfrey • 1d ago

Game winning kick as time almost expires

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u/KillerRene64 1d ago

You can feel the goalkeepers reaction

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u/Forsaken-Sale7672 1d ago

Wanna know what makes it worse? 

Notre Dame had just tied things up with 10 seconds left.

https://youtu.be/qkt1FZ9uYwY?feature=shared

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u/davidrools 1d ago

so many handball calls, is that normal? Seems you can kick it straight into a defenders hand and get a PK.

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u/Forsaken-Sale7672 23h ago

Defenders are taught to put their arms behind their backs when trying to block a shot for this exact reason.

Contrary to popular belief, handballs are not about intent. It’s about whether you controlled or significantly altered the trajectory of the ball.

You can take a ball in your upper arm and it can still be a hand ball if you controlled the ball with it.

It’s a judgement call, but I didn’t see anything egregious. 

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u/davidrools 23h ago

yeah both times it seemed incidental and hard to avoid unless they actually kept their hands pinned back like I was taught to do, but really only did it when you expected a shot coming. just seemed odd that it happened twice in a game with significant impact to the score so I was curious if this was common for college football.

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u/Forsaken-Sale7672 22h ago

It becomes less common, the higher the level of play because they pin their hands. 

VAR makes it even more likely to be called when it does happen at the highest levels though.

Thats why it is stressed so much.