And Van Gaal didn't take him in this World Cup squad because he refused to participate in a PK training.
That's pretty interesting. I have thought that staying put made sense because it forces the shooter into making a marginally more difficult shot to either side that might either miss wide or not be post-side enough and can be stopped with a reaction. Guessing and giving up a contiguous 2/3 of the goal never seemed right, but it's so de riguer I figured it must be the better approach.
Ronaldo is aging, and a step past his prime. He's been playing horribly for Manchester United this season, and gave a petulant-sounding interview with Piers Morgan about that that essentially caused him and Man U to agree to part ways. Now he's signing for al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia for a fortune, though many suspect if he could have played for a Champions League team he would've.
He is the most popular person in the country. It may not be that close. He is one of the greatest players of all time.
This is the same thing that happened at Manchester United that led to his recent release. It was his second stint there - he had played there in the 2000's, scored tons of goals, helped them win trophies. In the last two years, he was just sour and self-centered. Any notion of team attacking play just went out the window - it was almost like NBA isos - Ronaldo plays hero-ball and the rest of the team does....? He's good enough, and other Utd players were good enough, to have it succeed every once in awhile but not often enough. Although he's undeniably still skilled, Utd are better off without him, and so are Portugal.
My assumption is that with only 16 seconds on the clock, it allows any header from her to have momentum moving forward and get it out of the box further.
Any header form her will already be a goal, and she would have to go through the keeper to try to get to any balls. If the keeper were on the edge of the six-yard-box then maybe it would make sense, but not with the keeper were she is.
We've seen the hands behind the back a few times in this World Cup, it's an odd chicken-like pose to avoid being called out for a handball. Funny that that's how defenders ended up responding to the idea that if your arms are in an "unnatural" position when the ball hits it's a handball... adopting perhaps the most unnatural position of all
That thought crossed my mind, but I don't think I've seen defenders do that on corners. I see it when defenders are in the penalty area during open play.
Oh yeah, I assumed that perhaps at college level, the defender might just have been coached "keep your hands behind you if the ball is coming in the box" and took that to mean including on set pieces
Yeah, that white team doesn't look like it's very well coached on how to defend a corner.
I chalk that up to players nerves with 16 seconds left in the national championship. Their coach is the most successful women's college soccer coach ever.
Keeping with the judgment free nature of the thread in mind, does his record means he is a good coach or a good recruiter and manager of people?
Well, there was really no women professional teams to poach him. He also coached the UNC men's team and was 175-65-21 there and was 65-22-5 as head coach of the USWNT.
Only thing I can figure is it gives her an extra split second to attack any shot coming in - meeting it at the line, rather than starting from there. Seems super high risk, though, w/o VAR.
Agreed, but that's not enough to blow the whistle. And again, I'm very protective of keepers in the goal area.
That’s always been the way with American commentary, really. It doesn’t bother me much. It’s the complete inability to objectively analyze the US team and disconnect between vocal inflection and action that’s disqualifying.
He has to leave the bench area and will be suspended for the next match. The team does not have to take a player off.
the “American” terms on your example are less common in England but are still used. I chat on Everton boards (and am now quite fluent in Scouse) and none of these usages would be out of place - “field” is not common but is used in phrases like”in the middle of the field.” One of the prominent Everton boards is “Grand Old Team,” after the name of an old song about Everton that they play on the PA after games (not “Side”).
There is no correct answer. A team like Manchester City would gladly trade the league for the Champions League because they haven’t won it yet.
Probably the Champions League style continental tournaments, then the league, then the national knockout cups (like the FA Cup). There may be, before long, an expanded Club World Cup (say 32 clubs from around the world instead of the 8 they invite today). That tourney has a chance to gain prominence and prestige to rival the Champions League, if grown smartly. The current CWC is kind of a curiosity; teams take it seriously but mostly see it as a way to pad their trophy case with an exotic trophy.
Largely fashion (a reaction to the super tight fits in the 80s) but a little strategy in that IIRC shirt tugging started getting called more often around then and a large jersey made it more obvious. Handball rules also weren’t defined by the sleeve of the shirt then
to prevent free kicker to put the ball under the wall when the wall jumps. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/why-soccer-players-lie-down-free-kicks-behind-wall-world-cup/kk9tfsyvvxqpsjcxbtbb7jzf
Yeah, if it's deemed beneficial to the fouled team to let play continue, the referee doesn't need to stop the play. Think of it as declining a penalty in American Football, but at the discretion of the referee and if just a few seconds later the referee realizes that the perceived advantage didn't happen, he can go back and award the foul.
(1) yeah, probably, the angle from behind the goal seemed to show that.
