Not just any top GK, coming out to close the angle is a basic level goalkeeping technique.
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No not at all - otherwise other keepers would get lobbed more frequently but they dont
Admit he was already rattled and made another dodgy decision
Have you ever played football in your life?
That hasnt got anything to do with it - apart from the fact that several amateur strikers I know very well agree with me (although one is a Liverpool fan, I wont hold it against him on this occasion )
From all the way back where he was, he obviously couldn't see that Chelsea only had one shot on target
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Soldato
If Cech was to stay on his line the guy would have had pretty much all the goal to aim at as he got closer. Cech tried to narrow the angle, its common sense.
There's a reason PS was so good at 1v1's, he always came off his line and made himself look big, thus making the target smaller.
There's a reason PS was so good at 1v1's, he always came off his line and made himself look big, thus making the target smaller.
This is true but you have to draw a line somewhere. Frank is right really, although maybe not in Cech's situation. If the keeper comes too far out to narrow the angle when the player is far out then the player can chip him or make a pass across the keeper. This is different when the player is in or running towards the box as (a) the keeper can close the player down quicker an (b) because the closer in the player is the harder it is for him to chip the keeper.
Well yes, it's not as simple as saying you come off your line, you've done your job. Keepers can get caught out of position by coming too far or not far enough, but what FrankJH seems to be saying is keepers should stay on their line full stop. This is just not true.
If an attacker gets to the point of being one on one with the keeper, all the keeper can do is make the best of a bad situation. The two main ways of doing this are narrowing the angle, and staying on your feet as long as possible.
I'm not.
I said in THAT situation he was wrong - not that its wrong ALL the time
Talk about twisting words
The fACT that Cech got caught in no-mans land obviously doenst mean anything
Cech seemed to do well facing penalties not that long ago, so why not keep it as similar to that situation as possible - after all he is in a no lose situation
Top strikers find it difficult to hit the top corner from a moving ball - so that turkish player would have had little chance at all
Still convinced Cech would have stood a better chance saving it being nearer the goal line (whatever the type of strike it ended up being )
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Soldato
Ok Frank, if you say so 
I can fully understand that - but that was because the defensive four in last night's game was so much higher than it would be in a Prem game (ie gk would have had less ground to cover in a one to one)
The distance was significantly bigger though making this tactic a lot more difficult to accomplish imo thats all
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What the hell with the second photo?
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Not easy to tell them apart is it?
We had a good laugh last night at the Turkish Vulcans expense.
Great keeper, but his body language and posture screams you know what
We had a good laugh last night at the Turkish Vulcans expense.
Great keeper, but his body language and posture screams you know what
