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Originally Posted by justavisitor
it's almost like Krul reacts after Costa rica player shoots, hoping that the angle and speed of the ball are not good enough (And he is pretty big).
Which makes me to think why most goalkeepers won't wait a bit longer in penalty shootout. At the very least, you won't guess the wrong side, and no player can score through the middle XD
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There's 11 meters between the GK and the player taking the penalty. Suppose the average speed of the ball when kicked is around 108 km/h, or 30 m/s. This means the GK has less than a third of a second to intercept the ball. Average human reaction is around 0.215 seconds, so the GK has to react pretty much instantly once the ball has been kicked. If he waits for only half a second, the ball will have already been kicked into he goal. This is why so many penalty kicks go through, and why you see GKs often choose the wrong corner.
However, some players have an affinity for certain spots in the goal, usually dependent on what foot they use to kick the ball with, and if they only slightly hesitate or never deviate from this pattern, the GK could potentially predict where the ball will go, based on their movements and stop it. Our GK from the late 1980's, Hans van Breukelen, used to be very good at that. He knew from almost every player he faced in which part of the goal they would most likely kick a penalty, and stopped a great deal of them when it mattered.
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Originally Posted by SuitUp
Also, no one seems to be mentioning this, but the ref stole at least 2 penalties clear as day from Costa Rica, maybe that's why he didn't sent Umaņa off..
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Maybe no one mentioned it, because he didn't?
Costa Rica were stalling time left and right. One player decided he'd fall down in the penalty box, when no one had hit him (he was only barely touched on the foot by a Dutch defender). And another fell down in the midfield, acted like his leg was on fire, and when he saw the referee didn't buy that either, he walked off as if nothing ever happened. And I'm sure those weren't the only times CR tried crying wolf. Heck, the ref should have sent one off with two yellow cards for his downright dirty play.