QuoteIs he mental, in off the post having taken a slight deflection htf is he supposed to keep that out, any closer and he would have stopped it, any further right it hits the post & stays out.
Ray Houghton blamed the keeper for the free kick. Madness. If that was his fault then you just can't score a great free kick from that position into that side of the goal. It was perfect.Originally Posted by geysir
Is he mental, in off the post having taken a slight deflection htf is he supposed to keep that out, any closer and he would have stopped it, any further right it hits the post & stays out.
Well, Houghton wasn't a keeper so I doubt he knows much about the position.
It was a cracking free, it was about the only decent thing in the whole game.
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I thought that at first it must be SA league team jersey. Then they showed the guy again near the end of the match and the Jersey definetely had Woodies on it.
If he'd stood nearer the post, he would have saved it.
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Indeed, if he only stood exactly at the post then he'd have been fine, Alves never would have thought ot clip it over the wall into the other spare 7 yards of space
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Exactly. And that type off free kick is much more common from that position I think.
Yes, nearer the post = at the post.Indeed, if he only stood exactly at the post then he'd have been fine, Alves never would have thought ot clip it over the wall into the other spare 7 yards of space
He was standing behind the wall too so couldn't react in time, what's the point in having a wall if you're going to cover the same part of the goal?
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Think you're being unduly harsh Schumi, had he been further to his left he would have left a massive gap behind the wall where a little clip would have sailed in. The free kick was right on the edge of the box so he had to try to cover both avenues, 2 Brazilians plus Pienaar as the blocker didn't help him getting a line of sight at the ball & a small deflection from Pienaar wouldn't have helped either, not many would have kept it out that's for sure
It'd be hard to get it up and down from that close in though without giving the goalie time to get over to it.
Class free kick either way though.
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Sometimes you just got to credit the strike, it was mm perfect.
The goalie did well to get that close to it, if he was blinded.
I can't tell if his positioning was not the best in this instance, but even if he was, that is a rectifiable fault in a young keeper.
What he has in bundles is that natural cat like ability to pounce in a flash to any extreme angle and gather the ball into his arms.
Speaking of free kicks...How about that thunderbolt for South Africa?! Great game so far. Extra-Time now. Their first goal was class also. Great build up to it.
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USA 2-0 up but Brazil attacking in waves
Great match. Fair play to the Americans for trying to win the game rather than parking the bus. Donavan's goal was brilliant. Brazil stepped up a level after Alves and Elano came on. Great comeback against a defense that was useful (Howard and Spectre especially). Kaka and Lucio proved their worth in the end.
can I ask what the reaction to the confed cup has been like, as a first real test of SA's readyness for 2010, it appears to have gone pretty well.
One of the FIFA big cheeses saaid 8 out of 10 and FIFA seem to be happy with how it's all going.
http://www.southafrica.info/2010/pro...10column49.htm
Incdentally Hyundai have a great advert here at the moment which goes something like
5 Million unemployed;
Stadiums unfinished;
An underacheiving team that no one wants to support;
Germany 12 months before the 2006 World cup....
I'll try to dig out a link for it, but it makes you think.
If those effing horns are at the World Cup, I can see myself turning off after two games.
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I only really watched this tournament from SF stage onwards.
Any lessons for The Irish team from the way the USA took on Spain & Brazil? To mee it looked like they were very well drilled without the ball and had enough properly good players mixed with reliable others to create a good unit.
It looked pretty cold there. Consequently I think this improves England's chances relative to other years.
I know, there's been complaints from a lot of overseas TV Companies, sorry that's just the way it is.
Depending on where abouts in SA you get drawn really,
Durban will be hot (as it is pretty much all year round)
Cape Town is cold and wet as is PE although not as bad
The High Veldt (Jo'Burg Pretoria etc.) - will be cold at night but generally warm in the day
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