American Reacts to Impossible Saves | Goalies 

Sometimes when it’s the last minute of the game and the team needs to score the goalies will go up for a corner to help the team… they have actually scored a few goals this way

The last one was René Higuita "el loco" from Colombia National Team, that was an exhibition match against England, but he always used to do crazy stuff, thats why he is called "el loco" or "the crazy one"

The entire ball has to go over the line for it to count

Being a gk has to be the hardest position. These saves may look average to you but that ball is coming at you fast and have to be quick with the reflexes and have good positioning. They may look like they might be lucky but we call it good positioning and awareness

4:10 the whole ball has to go over the line to count as a goal. The diving ones are very impressive, they have to react in miliseconds to a ball flying at 90mph

Fun fact: This guy at 5:18 is Rogério Ceni. He is the goalkeeper who scored the most goals in history, 131 goals. He was a penalty and free kicks master

Schmeichel is the best goalkeeper of Denmark since Schmeichel (his dad).

That last guy was René Higuita and it was definitely all for the style points :)

the art of defending - old school is just the best defence highlighting video

Goal keepers sometimes go up for corners or free kicks in the dying minutes of important games where they really need to win

Goalkeepers are like drummers in a band, most of them are totally crazy.

2:19 That's Iker Casillas, an absolute legend, he captained Spain national team to 3 consecutive international titles (Euro 2008, World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012) 2:51 When it's the end of a game, you need to score and there is a set piece for you, you sometimes instruct your goalkeeper to go into opposition half to create an advantage on the attack. It's a risky strat, but sometimes it pays off. 4:09 in order for goal to count, the ENTIRE perimeter of the ball has to be behind the line 5:13 That's Manuel Neuer, Germany and Bayern Munich #1, he likes to leave the penalty box, beat opposite strikers with dribbles and pass the ball into attack - the term created for thet style was "sweeper-keeper" 5:19 That's Rogerio Ceni, Brazilian goalkeeper for Sao Paulo (now retired) who scored 121 goals in his career, the most any goalie has ever scored - all from free kicks and penalty kicks 5:50 And that's Tim Howard, he's from the US of A 5:59 And that's Gianluigi Buffon, an Italian legend and one of the oldest active players atm, aged 43 8:53 And that's Peter Schmeichel, Man Utd and Denmark legend, father of current Denmark and Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. I guess it runs in the family 9:36 That's Jan Oblak, probably the finest goalkeeper in the world right now 9:46 That's Peter Cech, he's from the Czech Republic and he wore a helmet ever since he got hit with an opponent's knee in 2006, he's a Chelsea legend 9:50 That's Oliver Kahn, also one of the GOAT goalkeepers 10:40 That, I believe, is Lev Yashin, the greatest goalkeeper of all time. He was Soviet and played in the 50s and he was the only GK to be awarded Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball - an award for the best footballer in the World in a calendar year) 11:14 I think that's Gordon Banks, greatest English goalie, he was England's #1 when they won their only trophy, World Cup 1966 11:38 and that's Rene "El Loco" Higuita, a Colombian GK known for doing crazy stuff (hence the nickname) but also pretty error-prone

Stops at one of the most incredible safes: *“They look quite easy to me, just a normal block“*

11:25 England vs Colombia, Rene Huigita's _Scorpion_ kick!

If the game is important enough and their team is behind and it is right at the end of the match, a goalkeeper will go up to the opposition's box for a corner, as an extra player, to try and help get a goal. The Liverpool goalkeeper headed a goal last season doing this.

She doesnt realise how impressive and how hard are allof this saves

10:59 The most famous save by an English 'keeper, possibly. Gordon Banks saving Pele's header.

5:17 this goalkeeper scored more than 100 goals in his career

2:50 - Exceptionally, when the team is losing in the last couple of minutes and has a free kick or corner, the goalkeeper goes up for the corner/free kick to be an extra man in the box to threaten even more. Again this is only done when the attacking team has nothing to lose 7:20 - keepers are trained to rush the attacker and close as many angles as possible by stretching out like he does here, the attacker is the one who needs to place it well keeper gets full credit for the point blank save here 11:40 - This is called the scorpion kick given the shape of the athlete performing it, in this case René Higuita legendary Colombian NT keeper of the 90s was famous for being excentric either with this kick or just trying to run through the whole team a few times. The commentator is laughing because he found the kick hilarious Important note: you're forgetting the speed the ball is kicked at most of this saves they don't even have a second to see where it goes and dive the right way, making the dives super difficult to perform

The save @11:27 was a Colombian goalkeeper against England which looked great but the referee had blown his whistle for a foul and the keeper was just showboating. To be a goalkeeper you have to be slightly mad.

Shoutout to all the goalkeepers out there, you all are the saviours of your teams. I remember our (Swedens) game against Spain in the group stage of Euro 2020, Olsen was a guardian angel in goal. Mad respect to all the goalies!

The goalkeeper in the long pants doing the save with the SCORPION KICK SAVE. is Colombian playing a friendly against England so it's probably cold.

The last one is called "The Scorpion"...and those kind of stuff were done by Higuita ... all the time. He always tried to dribble until midfield, even in World Cup matches.

"I'm learning the uniforms, guys" haha i sincerely loved that single phrase, It makes me geniunely happy that you're liking learning about football :)

You might enjoy watching a video about Manuel Neuer - a German goalkeeper who completely changed the way how a goalkeeper plays.

08:10 Goalkeepers tend to be one of the tallest players on the team, so they will sometimes go up for corner kicks and try to put their head on the ball and make a nuisance of themselves.

LMAO! I was waiting for the inevitable Rene Higuita reaction. Trust me no experience watching football prepares you for that guy’s antics. If that wasn’t enough I think he was the top scorer for Columbia in qualifying for the world cup.

Watching that last save 25 times in a row - yeah we all did that.

Omg your reaction to Higuita is hilarious. Yeah he's known as "el loco" because he loved to do crazy stuff like this and dribbling outside the area with the ball and he even scored a lot of free kicks. This is known as the scorpion kick and yeah he was pretty much showing off as he loved to do.

And that's why I've been a goalie in all sports I've played ;) handball and football, running is mostly eliminated. I think it could be interesting to see you react to some handball as well if that's something you'd be interested in

The surprising thing about playing in goal is it really doesn't hurt at all when you land unless you land in an awkward position. You learn to make your body loose, as most people stiffen up when you fall over but athletes are taught from childhood that when falling just go limp. Also I've only ever experienced one player to cause my wrists to hurt after a game, but many will leave a short stinging feeling after a powerful shot. The satisfaction of the save greatly outweighs the pain.

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Considering the official size of a football post is 24 feet wide, most saves are incredible saves

2:54 its a desperate tactic (or for fun in friendlies) sometimes used if you are if you are behind and you want the extra legs in the front to have a chance on a goal because you calculate that if you lose any way a 2:1 or 3:1 for example doesn't make a difference. Some goal keepers had a reputation to do this and be good at it.

The Columbian scorpion goalie did it also in a World Cup game and my jaw is permanently dropped ever since

He was called "The Scorpion"...he liked to do that stunt. 🤣

I would recommend the film 'Escape to Victory' The film combines football with WW2

I'd recommend you watch "The greatest premier league finish ever deserves a deep rewind"....a historic moment in the sport and also gives some decent explanations on how the leagues work

awesome, you reacted, at 6:55 specifically to Marcelo Grohe´s save at Libertadores 2017. That save was crucial for Gremio (my club) to win its third Libertadores title

My goodness, you are cranking out the vids these days! Very interesting compilation, thanks! :D

In football, unlike most American sports, the whole ball needs to pass the line to count, it could be 90% over and 10% still in play and it can be saved.

Sometimes at the end of the games the keepers will come and try to be that other player to score. Especially off late game corners or free kicks

I was a striker but played as an emergency goalie for a bit - playing as a striker really helped because I knew where I'd put the ball as a striker and so could anticipate it better as a goalie. It's still a really difficult position to play and being 5ft 3 and a half didn't help!!

The photo at the end of the guy with the ball on the side of his head. That's Ronaldinho, very much loved for his entertainment value, he practically dances through and around defenders, very skilful his showcase montage videos are worthy of a reaction.

The last save was in a friendly match. This skill is named "Scorpion ".

Thankgod finally some football

That last goalkeeper it's René Higuita, from the Colombian national team. That moment gave him the name and the move "the skorpion" but Higuita was already called "el loco" (the crazy) because moments like that one, and because numerous moments he just go out playing like any other player or attacker often until the midfield or even deeper into the other's team side, passing and winning over lot's of the other teams players trying to stop him. He liked to show off a lot, the skorpion was the top of that, but it was part of his personality, and what made him a legend: show off a lot, but never arrogant, always a smile and a good laught to everyone there.

You should've seen Robin Olsen, the goalkeeper for Sweden. He kept a clean sheet against both Spain and Slovakia and made some incredible saves along with it.

4:39 the whole ball has to cross the line in this case it didn’t so it’s a save

7:50 the number one thing I teach the young gks I coach is to never land on the joints. It really doesn’t hurt to land if you land on the side of your thigh and your side. Takes a little bit to get used to but the landing on a dive isn’t at all painful unless of course the pitch is horrible or the goalie is very unlucky somehow. This is also not just my opinion but the opinion of my coaches and doctors. Also when the shot comes from that close you don’t really try to predict where the ball goes you just try to make yourself as big as possible as close to the ball as possible to try and get something on it. Still these saves are very impressive because the timing and technique to make a perfect block has to be insanely good

Goal Keepers have arguably the hardest role on the pitch as they are ones who can’t (usually) win, ie score, but can lose the game, ie concede goals. In slow motion, a lot of saves can look quite ‘normal’, but when shown at full speed, you realise how quickly these players have to react; they have to see the shot coming, anticipate where it’s going, and then react to place their body in exactly the right place to make the save, and the ball can be coming at them at 40mph or more or be only a couple of feet away from them. At that point, these saves are genuinely amazing feats of athleticism. The best camera angles to appreciate the skills of a goal keeper is the camera that’s situated behind the goal.

The last guy was René Higuta. That match was a friendly match between England and Columbia at Wembley in 1995. That kick became known as the scorpion kick. Higuta had a tendency to be a bit of a showman.

I'm loving your football reaction, you are genuinely interested in learning about it, so refreshing... If I can suggest something, I think it's time to watch Neuer, the sweeper-keeper o/

A lot of those incredible goalie saves underscored the amazing athleticism showcased in professional soccer. I played soccer in high school (half-back), and watching stuff like this is extremely humbling as far as ability goes! :O Fun fact: it is not at all uncommon to see the goalie come forward to midfield during game play.

The famous scorpion kick as it was dubbed was Rene Higuita, it was a friendly game in the old Wembley Stadium, England v Colombia back in 2002 and yes he was showing off!

I was lucky enough to see René Higuita goal save live on tv, all the England fans cheered it, you'll not see that often.

You are fascinated with English team... there was also Donarumma but you stuck with Pickford 🤣

Just so you know, in football the rule says that the entire ball has to CROSS the lineto be out of bounds or to be considered a goal. it's different from basketball or other american sports

One never understands how difficult goal keeping is until you are in between a goal post and a direct shot is coming at you. Or you make a first save and you have to get up and make a second save in a split second

We can't call it "just luck" it's their Reflexes. They all are trained for that. Reflexes 🔥

Buffon, Casillas, Kahn and Van Der Saar are legendary goalkeepers.

6:13 Lol, quite the comment considering Donnarumma was awarded best player of the euros and actually is one of the best goal keepers in the game at only 21 Years old. He did save the winning penalty kick tho, is that good enough? 😂

Lot's of great comments about the all mighty position of the goalkeeper. One of the main points of this position is communication with the defensive/midfielders so to position them in order to limit the chances of attack on the opposing team. Including corner kicks/ free kicks, being loud and command presence is a MUST. Goalkeepers need to be aggressive and confident as there is no room for error. Unlike a a field player the slightest mistake can cause the game adding additonal pressure to the position.

That last one was his party piece!

The whole of the ball must cross the line before the referee can award a goal. At the higher levels of the game (eg premier league, international matches etc), 'goal-line technology' is used, similar to 'hawk eye'. This info is transmitted, within a split second, through a special watch worn by the referee.

React to Manuel Neuer, The sweeper keeper He is GOAT among the keeper

north american gold cup is happening right now in usa - usa won their first game. gold cup is the north american equivalent of the euros, though no where as popular as the region is weak compared to the rest of the world. mexico and usa tend to win it often.

That's Rene Higuita of Colombia. He was perhaps the most flamboyant goalkeeper one would see. He's crazy. In current times, no professional team will perhaps accept that

Lol funny how Italys goalkeeper is one of the best in the world

The last is called René Higuita , he was a great goalkeeper , but mostly known for his VERY VERY risky plays , like trying as a goalie to go on the midfield and dribble opponents. And yes , this action you saw was pure flew , nothing more , totaly useless but just to entertain the crowd !

When the game is about to end and a team is losing by one goal, or need a goal to win the game. And Then the loosing team found opportunity to score the goalkeeper goes and try to help score a goal. So that is why goalkeeper go forward. Hope this helps you understand.

The last one is the iconic René Higuita, a colombian goal keeper, that save was later called "The Scorpion Save", in a free translation, because of the movement. He was called El Loco (Crazy One) because of stunts like this throghout his career.

Imagine if she knew anything about football... shed actually understand what she was seeing in these videos. I must admit though, its entertaining just seeing her confused as hell.

I'm commenting in real time here lol the goalie in the 3rd clip is Franco Armani who is an Argentinian GK, at the time was Atlético Nacional's goalie (Colombia), and now plays in River Plate (Argentina), whichs is the club I'm fan of since I was little. His level isn't the best right now, but he has a lot of saves that many would call "Impossible" in his current club.

Oh man, that first one hurt. That was Arjan Robben missing the opening goal in the world cup final against Spain. Spain went on to win in extra time and became world champions 2010

It makes a lot of sense for a Keeper to be up the other end of the pitch during a corner (which the clip with Joe Hart was in) as if it’s a game where you really NEED to win or you really NEED a goal to stay in the game (if its a knockout match etc) then having that extra person in the box can and has payed off in the past. It’s only an all out/end of the match kind of play though and is pretty rare and not all Keepers decide to do it even if it is appropriate to do so. 😊

The point blank saves are the ones as a keeper I was most proud of because you shouldn't have any chance of stopping it but you can get anything on it and keep it out.

The last one was the Scorpian kick. A friendly between England and Columbia around 95 at Wembly. Rumour had it the ref had blown the whistle just after the kick for offside and the keeper knew that what ever happened the goal wouldn't have counted. Now there is something call the 5s in football. I think its like rule 3 or something. The player must wear shoes (boots), socks, (s)chinguard, shorts and a shirt. The keeper can exchange tracksuit bottoms for shorts as they spend lots of time standing around especially in cold conditions during the winter and cold countries.

We have to appreciate Southern American goalkeepers. Higuita, Chilavert, Ceni,Bravo.

One thing so weird to me when I played In school was that my coach told me that the keeper had to be the fittest player in the team. I never understood It cause surely the attackers and those who actually run the entire pitch should be the fittest. But when I started playing it made so much sense. Keepers don't really run much but the reflex,reaction time,positioning drains so much energy. Plus its so much mental fitness aswell. Not only football keepers but other keepers in other sports like field & ice hockey,etc deserve just as much credit

I use to play amateur goalie in futsal and I can't really believe I'm "deciding" or "choosing" anything, in the middle of an action. Once I've read that our rational mind would be too slow for sport, so the "instinctive" part comes into play (much quicker communication with the motor cortex), supported by experience and training. The rational part just takes the credit 😂

Rene Higuita (El loco) Goalkeeper Colombian Team, against England (Friendly Game ) The play is "The Scorpion"

Francesco Toldo, Inter's goalkeeper in 2001(Inter v Juve match), moves forward on the last minute for a corner kick, and scores 😂

Liverpool's Alisson Becker scored a crucial goal late last season, pretty much securing Champions League qualification, after coming up the field and heading it in. Goalies can come up for a corner or a free kick late in the game to try help the team score. It makes sense, since it really is a extra man that the other team has to pay attention in the box.

The last save the reason why the commentator was so casual with it was because it was already offside (which the goalkeeper already knew as well) the goalkeeper was known for practicing his scorpion kick save in training so he just decided to go for it since it wouldn't matter if it went in anyway and ended up creating one of the most famous 'saves' in history. Also since you mentioned about him being dressed differently goalkeepers are allowed to wear tracksuit bottoms during matches its just the case that most of them don't (unless this rule has since been changed but I don't think it has).

That save of Jimmy in the -73 FA cup against ”big” Leeds is just 💖

Just to add that as a former GK, it is extremely frustrating when people deem it a lazy position or that saves are lucky or easy. Yes, there is an element of luck, such as on the point blank saves ie when the GK is spread at 7:15 in the video. To make that save you have to be anticipating where it’s going in the box, close the anticipated angle down and spread. If the player it goes to doesn’t hit it first time, you’re on the floor looking a fool, if it goes past you there’s not much you can do, but if it hits you then you’ve made a great save by being in the right place. That is your job. Also, there is much more than “standing around and waiting”. You have to communicate constantly with your back line and central mids for defensive cover, and instruct what you want from them at all times. For 90 mins you should be barking at your team. Half of the diving saves are also made half in anticipation; you will generally be able to read roughly the area the striker is going to put it, the problem is actually getting there, depending on the power of the shot, if it takes a deflection off of another player etc. As a striker lines up a shot you will think “here it comes” and most of the time you can expect it to go a certain place. Players like Ronaldo and Bale, who are masters of knuckleballs, are able to move the ball to another area despite this making them exceptionally hard to respond to.

What will blow your mind is when you actually stand on the pitch and see the size of the goals and the pitch in person, then you realize how much power those jumps actually take

The last guy.. If he just catch the ball normally you wouldn't see his save ever.. His uniqueness made him famous

Best save ever, GORDON BANKS from PELE'S header.

Great video 🔥

4:30 The whole ball has to completely cross the line to be considered a goal. 7:30 Goalkeepers train their reflexes. Their brain to eye and hand coordination is second to none. Blocking shots become second nature at that point. 8:20 Sometimes a a teams needs to crucial goal to make a tie or get a crucial win at what seems to be the last play of the game. It mostly happens during a corner kick or a freekick. Some goalies do that and they actually score. Just last season Liverpool's goalie (Alisson Becker) came on to score an equalizer when Liverpool badly needed a goal to keep their UCL qualification alive.

This video kinda sums up the life of a Keeper. Hardly a reaction to incredible save, after incredible save but just one looks like it might have crept over the line and it gets a slow mo replay lol. I was a Keeper for 20 years and this is just situation normal. Great video though and its great you are trying to learn about the game.

Higuita`s scorpion kick. England v Columbia. I was in the crowd behind his goal watching that at Wembley. It was only a friendly though, and some say Redknapp (the "shot" taker) was in on it.

I'm an ex goalkeeper myself and can safely say goalkeeper is the most scrutinized positions, goalkeepers are trained how to dive, all about angles, how to dive without flattering into the goal post etc. When I started training I was told that a goalkeeper isn't judged on how many great saves they make but how many mistakes they make. And that's true. The last one is the famous scorpion kick by Colombian keeper Rene huiguita (spelling maybe off) in a friendly Vs England. Yes he was showing off but that's the kind of keeper he was. Look up Jose Luis chalibert (again spelling maybe off) he was a goalkeeper who takes his team's penalties a d free kicks and had a good goalscoring ratio , for club and country. For your next vid I can suggest goalscoring goalkeepers, goalkeepers can often go up for corners to try get a goal back if it's very late in the game and they are 1-0 down 🙂

Another great video

To show how crazy goalkeepers are Manchester City had a keeper called Burt Troutman who broke his neck in a match and carried on playing the rest of the match

The Important one was Oliver Kahn in the CL Final 2001 where he got 3 and that was the deciding last one, the weird one is René Higuita, a Columbian legend and known as the craziest Goalie ever, oh btw, everyone is going on about the pressure the english boys had in the penalties but there was someone with even more pressure on, the Italian Goalie in the Finale is "Heir to the Throne" in Italy, following in the Foodsteps of Gianluigi Buffon, one of the greatest Goalkeepers of all times, to Italians ofc he IS the greatest and was Italys number 1 for 15 years... even those not used to pay respects, did. "The best goalkeeper I have ever faced was Buffon." - Zlatan Ibrahimovic ... so maybe check out Buffon if u r interested in goalies ;)

Im not going to try to answer any of your questions because I wasn't a goalkeeper myself, and other people have already answered beautifully in the comments. All I want to say is that it really is refreshing to see someone really interested to learn this game that when I was a kid I dreamed of going pro at xD. I guess its like watching a child learn about the world around them (in a good way :D ) and seeing the amazement in their eyes. Please keep it up, and if its something you are interested in I would love to see you try to learn some basics after the pandemic is over, like passing, shooting and some basic dribbling. That would be the cherry on the cake, and I think it would give you a perspective that no amount of watching videos can, in terms of what it takes to have this much control over the ball (more so in non keeper positions)

Your reaction to the scorpion kick was priceless 🤣🤣