The Cat-and-Mouse Game of the Modern Penalty Kick
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The Cat-and-Mouse Game of the Modern Penalty Kick
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#2Some non-Panenka shenanigans a couple of years back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olL9NOcCOTk
Itself reminiscent of this Cruyff number:
https://onefootball.com/en/news/goal-of-the-day-genius-johan...
Sócrates, with an even bigger F U than a Panenka, although the secret appears to have died with him:
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#3Reading this after having watched an incredible NBA finals game makes me sad for football fans. What a sluggish, broken sport they have the misfortune of following.
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#4Some non-Panenka shenanigans a couple of years back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olL9NOcCOTk Itself reminiscent of this Cruyff number: https://onefootball.com/en/news/goal-of-the-day-genius-johan... Sócrates, with an even bigger F U than a Panenka, although the secret appears to have died with him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zelMbnH-DEE
For balance, here's Robert Pires and Thierry Henry cocking it up. Two absolute world-class players.
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#5Reading this after having watched an incredible NBA finals game makes me sad for football fans. What a sluggish, broken sport they have the misfortune of following.
What amazes me is how new rules are introduced with little testing or scrutiny. This handball rule, which is beyond terrible, should've been tried for a year in a less important competition like the league cup.
It's broken in so many ways. Still the most entertaining sport by a mile though.
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#6The other important thing that predicates when the panenka can be brought out of the locker is the pressure on the goalkeeper. If the keeper doesn't dive for a penalty, they end up looking a bit silly. To hold your ground as a keeper until the last minute (through the strikers run-up) is a game of chicken.
There was a suggestion that Jorginho (Chelsea midfielder) unique technique (similar to Bruno Fernandes from Manchester United) can be countered by the keeper playing a double dummy.
There's the old managers adage of "when in doubt, go for power" which has always worked well.
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#7Reading this after having watched an incredible NBA finals game makes me sad for football fans. What a sluggish, broken sport they have the misfortune of following.
What amazes me is how new rules are introduced with little testing or scrutiny. This handball rule, which is beyond terrible, should've been tried for a year in a less important competition like the league cup. It's broken in so many ways. Still the most entertaining sport by a mile though.
What is the new rule, for those of us not familiar?
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#8Reading this after having watched an incredible NBA finals game makes me sad for football fans. What a sluggish, broken sport they have the misfortune of following.
That's like an FPS fan feeling sad for people playing
Europa Universalis IV.
Also, we just had a weekend with the Premier League champions losing 7-2 to a mid-table club. Football is fine...
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
What amazes me is how new rules are introduced with little testing or scrutiny. This handball rule, which is beyond terrible, should've been tried for a year in a less important competition like the league cup. It's broken in so many ways. Still the most entertaining sport by a mile though.
What is the new rule, for those of us not familiar?
More forms of hand-ball contact are now considered a penalty.
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#10It’s funny how this has become such a weird art form.
There are plenty of players (mostly strikers) who don’t do anything fancy but score 99% of the time by just picking top left or top right corner and hitting it so fast it’s impossible to save. Harry Kane is a good modern example, but Alan Shearer also never really missed penalties with the same idea.