Meh….It’s most like “must see bad goalkeeping”. I mean, it has some weird movement on it late, but that’s what happens with balls that don’t spin much. Could just as easily have gone over or wide or right to the keeper.
And if the keeper can’t see the ball from the kick, that’s his fault for setting the wall up poorly.
I’m not the first to knock a humdrum free kick being described as a “must-see goal” but this one really lowers the bar, doesn’t it? As the announcer said, this was “unconvincing goalkeeping” more than anything else.
Check the second to last replay. ‘Keeper couldn’t see the ball, or where it was going , until it rose above the wall. Too late then.
That’s where I’ll cut him some slack. The comments below are talking about the movement on the ball, but…meh, there isn’t all that much, honestly. His view was definitely obstructed, but still a savable shot.
love this site but the last 3 must see goals have been far from must see goals…lets stick to real must see goals please
Meh….It’s most like “must see bad goalkeeping”. I mean, it has some weird movement on it late, but that’s what happens with balls that don’t spin much. Could just as easily have gone over or wide or right to the keeper.
And if the keeper can’t see the ball from the kick, that’s his fault for setting the wall up poorly.
It spins away late. While it was likely savable, it was also a very impressive free kick. You don’t see such movement often.
Keeper got fooled by the pace and flight of the ball. Bale’s knucklers are deadly.
not a knuckler, it was spin that made the it up, down and away.
It was a perfect strike, and the young keeper wasn’t prepared for the drop.
Yah, bad goalkeeping. But it was a nice knuckleball.
Meh
I’m not the first to knock a humdrum free kick being described as a “must-see goal” but this one really lowers the bar, doesn’t it? As the announcer said, this was “unconvincing goalkeeping” more than anything else.
You “must see” it because it was by Bale, not because it was amazing.
I don’t understand what the goalie was doing….
Ya, coulda been saved. He was right there and didn’t put his arms up.
Check the second to last replay. ‘Keeper couldn’t see the ball, or where it was going , until it rose above the wall. Too late then.
That’s where I’ll cut him some slack. The comments below are talking about the movement on the ball, but…meh, there isn’t all that much, honestly. His view was definitely obstructed, but still a savable shot.
Tim Howard would have saved it.