AMERICAN Reacts to Legendary Goalkeeper Saves in Football! *INSANE* 

The whole of the ball has to cross over the line for it to be a goal. In a lot of matches there is a goal line detector which is linked directly to the referee to let them know whether a ball crossed or not. It's accurate to the millimeter. Great vid, keep reacting.

Actually that Dudek double save was in Champions League final, which let Liverpool come back from 0-3 to 3-3 and won it in penalties, thanks to Dudek's 3 saved pens. One of the best single player gk's performances of all time.

To answer some of the questions you had: 1. Goals are 8ft high and 24ft wide 2. The average shooting power from pros is easily 60+ mph, however as stated previously thats on average, the most powerful shot recorded is thought to have reached 131 mph (you dont want those sort of shots hitting your balls and believe me it happens quite often in this game) 3. The terrible positioning of goalkeeper is what we usually call a 50/50. Goalkeeper knew if the guy came closer it would be even easier to score therefore he had to decide whether he wanted to take that chance or risk it and go forward to block as much view of the goal as possible and in the end it turned out to be the right decision (another crucial quality of pros is the decision-making in tough situations within seconds) 4. The ball has to completely cross the line for a goal to count 5. Your guess was correct when you said outfield players are not allowed to touch the ball with their hand, not even accidentally, hence we europians insist on calling the game "football" lol 6. At 5:55 it was the goalkeeper's teammate who passed the ball like that (thats an insanely bad pass) and the rules state that when goalkeeper's teammate passes the ball to him the goalkeeper cant touch it with his hands, therefore this goalkeeper put some of that good quick-thinking and threw the ball off play with this head 7. At 14:15 yes correct again, the goalkeeper was just showing off 8. At 14:40 I think that was a commercial or just a comedic skit, that hasn't really happened. If a goalkeeper could do that in real life he might as well ask for all the money in the world as he deserves it lol I hope I was helpful :)

2:48 The impressive thing about the safe from casillas is in fact his positioning. In 1v1 situations, the goalkeepers try to reduce the angle for the attacker. If he stays on the line it would be way easier to score. Love your reactions!

Goalkeepers are a different breed - In the 1956 FA Cup final, Manchester City's goalkeeper Bert Trautmann was knocked out by a collision with a Birmingham City striker - He pulled himself together and finished the game, making a couple more important saves. When he was checked out later, it was found that several neck vertebrae were broken. He'd played the last 15 minutes of that game with a broken neck.

Something to be mentioned in this video too is that, a lot of these saves are in massive moments of the game. These keepers basically saved the entire match for their teams making them that much more hype

Casillas (the Spanish goalkeeper) was actually perfectly positioned to stop Robben (the Dutch attacker) from scoring. It's called "narrowing the angle" - Robben has less of the goal to aim at because the keeper has come off his line and put him under pressure

I love how keepers, as they are called, act angry at their defence, for allowing a shot to be made. But deep in his heart he loved it. This his rare moment to shine, unlike attackers.

My grandad was a goalkeeper and won the FA cup in 1937 with Sunderland, he also played for England in a war time friendly against wales. He retired in 1954 because of a knee injury. He died in 1999 when I was 15 and he was the last member of that fa cup winning team to die

Nice video, I played in goal for 5 years for my school, High School to you in the US, I was 6' 4" at 13 years old. It is a difficult position to play especially at the emotional level, you never get the praise for saving a shot (that's your job, get on with it!) and if the opposition scores, you're the villain, not the rest of the team that let it get to the goal, just you! And don't get me started on the stress of a penalty shoot out! Having said that, my shining moment was saving 4 out of 5 shots in a penalty shoot out during an inter-school competition, winning the match, that game did get talked about for months afterwards, so that was cool! And yes, the whole of the ball must cross the line to count, and coming forward towards a lone striker narrows the angle for his shot and increases your physical size to block him.

14:12 was René Higuita, a colombian goalkeeper of the 90s known as "el loco" (the madman) he was famous for performing spectacular stuff, going out of the goal line and scoring free kick goals. That move in particular he used to perform it in friendly or exhibition games.

At 9:55 , the save you said was "fire", was England's first team goalie(90's & 2000's) David Seeman, and that particular save, where he swatted it out of the goal, has been voted as one of the ten greatest saves in the history of football. Gotta admit, it was an amazing save.

The thing that is often overlooked with goalkeepers is that it would be easy for them to be lulled to inattention when the game is happening far away from their goal line. They have to be able to deal with ten, twenty minutes of having nothing to do and then deliver 100% athleticism on point when the situation changes - and it can change quite rapidly.

As an American, and a goalie, I can say these are some of the best saves of all time and him not knowing much about soccer makes it so much better 😂

5:51 That was a back-pass from his own player, so the keeper wasn't allowed to use his hands; he could only receive the ball like a normal player. (This rule was introduced years ago to speed the game up.)

9:00 it’s a save, rules say that the entire ball has to cross the line to be a goal, if the entire ball hasn’t cross the line is not a goal, tha was an amazing save, also, please react to videos of Manuel Neuer he’s a German goalkeeper who many considere to be the best ever

The handball rules USED to be 'hand to ball' as opposed to 'ball to hand' which involves intent. But now the rule is all about having your hand/arm in 'an unnatural position'. This has literally nothing to do with intent, its all about where your hand/arm is when the ball hits it. Thats why right now defenders hide their hands/arms behind their back.

I love that you have such an open mind for football, I’m an American that was raised playing, and I love the beautiful game, and it really sucks seeing how much Americans dismiss the sport and make fun of it. Thank you ❤

The header at 9:30 was an amazing save in a World Cup match. In an interview, the player heading the ball said that as soon as he headed the ball, he knew it was a goal, then the goalkeeper's hand appeared out of nowhere to flip it up and away from the goal. That player who didn't score was Pele, one of the greatest players in the world. He was the equivalent of Ronaldo or Messi back in 1970. Gordon Banks, the England Goalkeeper (also regarded as the best in the world at the time) said that he dived to try to save the goal, and felt the ball hit his hand, but lost track of the ball. He didn't know that he'd saved the goal as it seemed impossible. It was only when players congratulated him that he began to believe it. Pele and Banks became close friends after both of them had retired and spent happy time together reliving that save.

I wish if they included Yann Sommer’s save against Bayern when he pulled it with his middle finger from the line. That was crazy especially when you watch it live Just imagine some of these saves were in crucial times just makes it 10 times more beautiful

The goals are 8 yards wide by 8 feet high. And for a goal to be scored, the whole of the ball needs to cross the whole of the line. Also, a goalkeeper coming out to meet the attacking player makes it harder for them to score directly since it means he covers a larger fraction of the goal area.

I used to play football back in grade school, 6 years total. Started as a center defender/libero, was moved to left wing and then to goalie. Center defender: easiest place to be imo. I never had the stamina to chase the strikers, so I had to develop a good sense of the game so that I'd be able to minimize the running time. It apparently makes for a good defensive player when you just "magically" happen to be whereever the ball would next go. You also don't need to be all that good with your feet, just good with getting the opponents' feets from under them (of course while aiming for the ball, I swear). Being a solid 20-30 kg (~40-60 lbs, I think) heavier than the average striker at that age also helped, there was just no way anyone would push through you with plain power. (A quick language joke arose from this: "Jos paino on voimaa, niin ylipaino on ylivoimaa", lit. "if weight is a force/power, then overweight is excess force/power". It's a play on the Finnish word for gravity, which is painovoima, "weight power/force") Left wing: fun spot, but not good for me due to the lack of stamina. I think I was moved here exactly due to how I was apparently one step ahead of the game all the time. And being one of the only ones in the team who had both power AND accuracy while kicking with the left foot, giving a chance to center the ball from the sideline without needing to switch to the other foot. Goalie: I actually asked to be the designated goalie (we used to rotate the spot, and center defender was already taken at that point) so that I'd be more useful. You really only need 3 things to be succesfull as one. 1) Ability to read the game and position both yourself and the defenders accordingly 2) Good reflexes (as you noted, there's no way to consciously react to where the ball goes every time) 3) the realization that the ball hitting you hurts your body way less than it hitting the back of the net would hurt your pride.

Others have already mentioned that the whole of the ball must go over the whole of the line, but I thought I'd explain why: All the lines are part of the area that they delineate. So, for instance, the lines marking out the penalty area (aka 18-yard box) are _part_ of that area, so a foul (by the defence) committed directly _on_ that line results in a penalty, just as it does _inside_ the area. Likewise, the outermost lines that mark the whole pitch, including the goal line, are part of the pitch, and so must be fully crossed before the ball is deemed to be out of play (goal, corner, goal kick, or throw-in).

The hardest thing for a mom is to have a kid be a keeper. My son was a keeper for 12yrs and played Varsity in high school. He was 6'3" and I'll tell you all keepers are a little crazy lol and the mental fortitude they have to have is insane. Either your team is mad at you are the other team is. There is always heat coming from somewhere. Great reaction and much love from TX

The save at 9:39 is one of the most amazing saves I have ever seen - It just seemed to hang in the air while David Seaman scooped it away. Sadly, it was against my club (Sheffield United), and we lost the game 1-0.

Speaking as an old keeper you are spot on. You can keep your strikers job. There is no better feeling than a keeper and their back four working to keep your team in a game. Its raining, its cold, you are totally outclassed but you have a 1.0 lead. They keep coming. Wave after wave of attack. Somehow you keep them out and get the win. Sheer bloody poetry.

The most legendary save EVER is known as The Save of The Century. Gordon Banks (England) saving from Pele (Brazil) at the 1970 World Cup. Check it out- it's Superhuman!!🙂

As a goal keeper its like being a double edged sword. sometime you make the best save of your life, and the other times you throw a game because you missed an easy save which is such a terrible feeling.

That save where the keeper heads it over the bar was because of a rule called no pass backs. Basically, the goalkeeper can’t pick the ball up if their teammate has passed it to them. Deflections are generally ok, but any other hands in use after a pass back is illegal. It usually leads to a indirect free kick (just a free-kick that you can’t score directly from, there has to be a pass first). Love the vids, keep them coming 👍

1. The shortest goalkeeper was Jorge Campos - 168 cm. and the tallest Kristof Van Hout - 208 cm. The average height of the goalies nowadays is 189 cm. But it's not only the height that is important. When the positioning is good, you can be shorter and still save. If you are high, but not in good position or not flexible enough, you will not be able to save low shots. So it's combination of positioning, reflexes, flexibility, height and so many other qualities. There is also a big part of mind games, that keepers do (especially when trying to save penalties). It's a quite complex job. 2. The ball is "IN" or in other words, there is goal, when the WHOLE of the ball passes over the goal line.

Loving seeing Marc Andre Ter Stegen, the German Barcelona keeper feature so heavily. He’s not super tall but produces some fab saves. He plays for my fave team.

Thank you! Finally an American that recognizing how important a goalkeeper is (I am also in MLS Next the top league in the USA)

2:45 just incase you take up football and end up in goal, what the keeper did there was exactly right. You want to come out and close the angles of the attacker when you don't have defenders in front of them. If you stay back on the line the angles are to wide to cover and the attacker has a much easier time. We(the keepers) also tend to be big, as in tall with long arms and big hands. That can really rattle a player up front when they see you charging right at them. They also know we have the option to go to ground on the ball with our hands unlike the defenders so getting round us is going to much harder. Oh and on how hard the ball can be coming at you? Not sure on actual speed off the top of my head but the 2 titanium plates and 4 screws in ma little finger say "ouchie fast" 😂 Saved the ball but it had some curl on it and only got my pinky on it. Due to the speed the ball was going and even the amount of spin on it I ended up with a spiral fracture made worse by dumb arse me taking the glove off, finding my pinky at a 90° angle it shouldn't be doing and thinking "ahh, so I dislocated it? Let be just pop it back in" 😵 yeah, don't do that btw

Love your enthusiasm for the sport... just a note on the foot save where you mentioned he was "in a terrible position". Not necessarily; in a one on one situation, the keeper has to close the distance to the attacker, to cover more of the goal due to the angles involved... and when you know that save was in a World Cup final, it becomes even more incredible.

Goals are 8ft (2.44 meters) high, bearing in mind Keepers are usually quite tall, but the world tallest keeper is a Danish guy who stands at 2.1 meters so around 6ft 9 inches.

Respect to this man for calling it football and not soccer

So glad that at 9.30 my hometown (Chesterfield, England) goal keeper Gordon Banks' save was in there. Often referred to as the best save in history. Bear in mind that this was in the 1970 World Cup, England Vs Brazil, and the player who headed the ball was arguably the best and most known footballer of all time Edson Arantes DiNaseimento. Never heard of him????? Better known as 'PELE'.

For me, as a football fan, it's very interesting to see how impressed you are about these skills that I've been witnessing for decades now, keep doing these videos man. I'm so happy you've finally discover the king of sports. There's a Joe Rogan's Video in which he says that football (soccer) doesn't require any abilities... And I jus can tell that he's never even tried playing the game in his entire life, if not, he wouldn't had said that

GKs in football are normally the nutters of the team 😁 diving at feet, eating a ball from point blank range etc They also have a different mental state. They are part of a team but very individual as well. Good goal keepers can save a lot of points a season, at any standard of football Enjoying your videos. Keep them up dude✌️

As a former Goalkeeper I have some insights. One thing you have to realize is that there is a reason to get as close to the player with the ball as possible, it decreases the open areas of the goal cos your are now filling more of the paths the ball can take with your body BUT there is a trade off, the goalkeeper now has even less time to react to the shot.

I used to play in goal. We're all crazy. Big respect JT

Big respect for calling it Football

David seaman save 9:40 one of the best goalkeepers in premier league and that save was just unreal

Reaction times, athleticism and decision-making times are wayyyyy off the charts with all the good goalkeepers . They are literal kraken pressed into human form .

Iker Casillas made two key saves in 2010 for the World Cup final at Extra Time to keep Spain in the game against the Netherlands. Arjen Robben should've buried both chances, but Iker came so far out and made a last-ditch save! The lonely island of Goal Keepers...They do have by far one of the toughest jobs, because if they're letting in too many goals they're not doing their job, even though it's also reliant on your defensive back end and how well they're assisting in defending.

football is that slow buildup for the most part and then you have the insane plays that make all the wait worth it

2:58 Actually he was in that position intentionally, it gives him more angle on the ball. In a way, it makes him "bigger", and makes it easier to save the ball than if he was just sitting in the goal, allowing the striker to shoot at him from anywhere he pleases, whenever he wants.

there are two boxes: the penalty area (the largest), this is where the defending team gets a penalty if the ball touches their hand in any way and inside of the penalty area the goalkeeper can pick up the ball. The goal area (the smallest), limits where the goalkeeper can put the ball after going out for a goal kick

I'm surprised Howard wasn't anywhere in the video, from the match Belgium - USA in the World Cup of 2014, he survived a barrage of shots, and I believe it was also his last match for the USA before he retired. (Belgian here, and I still remember that match, it spawned a whole bunch of memes back then... 😉)

2:46 he was actually in a good position as there were no defenders back and he was coming out so that the striker had a smaller widow within to shoot.

The keeper at 5:51 wasn’t showing off. The black and white are his teammates and the defender tried to pass it back to the keeper to keep possession or clear the ball up the field. The defender misplaced the pass horribly, and almost went into their net. Their is a rule where you can’t pick the ball up if your own teammate intentionally passes it to you. The keeper had to head it away, excellent reactions from the keeper.

I can only respect this man for typing FOOTBALL . And not SOCCER like all other americans

9:00 That was NOT behind the line, because part of the ball was still ON the line. Pretty simple rule: the ball must cross the line completely before it is considered crossed.

“Do you have a wrist band? no? you’re not getting in” Great commentary!

Check out Rogério Ceni. He was a legendary goal keeper from São Paulo, in Brazil, who has the world record for most goals scored for a keeper (more than 100, no one else gets even close). He was also one of the greatest at his main job and with his feet, so he would frequently dribble the opponents or even give direct goal assists from the other side of the field. He appeared once in this video. Today he is the current manager for São Paulo.

I love how wholesome your content is. As an football coach in England it's great to see your passion.

Hey JT, hope you’re doing well! 😊 my dad used to be a Goalkeeper and played for England a number of times of you want to check out some of his saves etc he’s called Nigel Martyn if you’re interested 😊

There are many things that go unnoticed about saves, like, sometimes it looks like the goalkeeper gently pushed away a shot, but the truth is that the ball is actually pretty hard, hitting it with the head hurts, even if pros do it seemingly without effort. when a forward shots in the goal the keeper must release an explosive burst of strenght to deviate the ball, when they do it with just the fingers you can imagine what kind of pain they go through.

This was a great react dude! Yes the whole of the ball must cross the line. There have been some truly amazing keepers in the premiership. Ray Clemence (Liverpool 70's - 80's), David Seaman (Arsnel 90's to early OO's) to name but a few. Keep enjoying!! YNWA!! Up the Reds!!

It's actually preferred for a goalkeeper to get as close as possible to the striker. It's to close the angle and not give him the space to shoot. If the keeper is away from the striker, the striker can place the ball far away from the keeper. If he's closer, it's harder to score since you don't have an angle to get the ball past the goalkeeper. Goalkeeping is mostly about positioning and reflexes.

Do a search on Gorge Best, not a goal keeper but the best attacker ever, unfortunately he had his problems in later life.

at 2:50, one of the most importants saves in the history of football. This play happened in the Worlc Cup final 2010, when there was just extra 10 minutes, and Holand-Spain 0-0, and both teams had never won the world cup. So, Spain goalkeeper castila saved this goal and minutes after they scored against holand in order to win their first World Cup Trophy. Do you imagine how important it was?

“If there’s anything more impressive than a beautiful goal it’s a beautiful save.” I’m 28, I’ve played goalkeeper for my whole life. I played all as a child, college, and some semi pro. The thing that got me into wanting to be a goalkeeper is that quote.

I do like how he understands how hard it is to actually save these shots. Especially considering how big the net is and how small the ball is in comparison to a net. It’s much much more likely for a player to score a 1v1 at an angle than it is for a goalkeeper to make a save.

You need to watch a David De Gea saves-compilation. He's a freakin panther!

I played for my varsity soccer team and one thing that is always overlooked is the strain on your muscles when you launch yourself of the ground like that. Especially when multiple saves occur in a short amount of time

Some context on the keeper being so far forward So close to the goal it's worse to be far away from the player, because your giving them more space to aim for (Specially for players famous for their strong kick) So keepers try to close in on the limiting both their reaction and how much of the goal is aimable for

Your reaction _" wait that was in"_ says it all about you.... You are truly a future soccer fan.

As a former Goalkeeper let me assure you that not one of my fingers is straight, and that's from making multitudinous fingertip saves. I was born in the U.K. and taught myself Goalkeeping by watching tons of live matches, and playing goalkeeper to the ongoing action. It also helped that my extended family were Greek footballers so throughout the 1980's at family picnics they would thoroughly test my skills as I was teaching myself. Unfortunately football in the U.S. at the time of my youth was really in it's infancy so I didn't continue into High School and above Goalkeeping but I have many stories of bloodied and scraped arms and other limbs from playing street football in Northern Ireland with my mates!

The goalkeeper actually rushes the attacker to close the angles of the shot. If the keeper stays at the line a bigger area of the goal is exposed

I played a goalkeeper as a kid. It was great cause no one else wanted to do it! I quickly became a 1st stringer on my team and I was pretty damm good! I received just as many cheers from the stands as the strikers would.

The entire circumference of the ball must cross the line for it to be in. Even if it's just a couple millimeters still on the line, it's not a goal. That was a legit save.😊

Definitely the hardest job in the field. If a striker makes 9 missed shots but 1 goal, he may be the hero of the night. But if the goalie stops 9 goals and let 1 in, he may be the villain.

At 2:40, this in the World Cup final in 2010, it was a World Cup winning save from Spain keeper Casillas in Spain vs Netherlands. He wasn’t in the most terrible position, he actually was I the best position while being so far away from the goal. When it’s a striker vs goalkeeper 1 on 1 situation the goalkeeper has to move from his goal and make as much ground. Being so far from the goal makes it harder for the striker to score, the goal gets “smaller” the further away the goalkeeper is from his goal. If you don’t understand there you can try it yourself. Just open a random door in your house. Put in the middle of the doorway a small box. After outing the box walk 10 steps away from the door, take a ball and try to roll the ball through the doorway, it should be easy to do. Now you take the box, walk 5 steps back and place the box. Take another 5 steps (so you complete the 10 steps again) and try to roll the ball trough the doorway again, you’ll notice that rolling the ball trough the doorway just became significantly harder to do. Even though the doorway stayed the same, it got smaller for you to roll the ball through it. This is exactly the same as the goalkeeper does while being so far away from the goal. I can go on and on but I think you get what I mean.

Thanks for the appreciation! It's a beautiful game!

I don't know if someone already clarify this, but the saves in which the goalie use their head instead of their hands is not that they are showing off, but it's because the ball was kicked by a teammate. You can only pass the ball to your keeper with your head, chest, or anything but your feet (in that last case, the keeper is not allowed to grab the ball with his hands). In the past you could, but the rule was changed in the early 90's because the passing to the keeper was abused to burn time.

After watching the game live with hundreds of groups of thousands of people on big screens all throughout the country rewatching that WC Courtois save gave me goosebumps. The hands rule is a bit complicated. Most unintentional handballs are still called as a foul, unless the arm is close to the torso in a 'natural' position. In the box rules changes a bit. The rules are still the same for the offensive team but the defenders have a bit more leeway. If the ball accidentally touches their arm after ricochetting off any other body part it's not called and neither is it if the ball hits the arm while the defender is falling or making a slide-tackle and the arm is between their body and the ground because that arm is there to break their fall.

That’s right goalkeeper is the hardest job in the field

I have been trained goalkeeper when I was teenage years. Goalkeeper is difficult and sometimes dangerous because you have to stop the ball in the net and get hurt by action .

Hou HAVE to watch a compilation of Manuel Neuer. He’s one of the greatest goalies ever and has some crazy saves

6:56 Bro, the keeper sprinted the whole length of the field and still saved it. Can we get a bit more of a reaction than just "that one looked like he was playing American football".

I respect this man for calling it football

Keepers live and die by: 1. Positioning 2. Reflexes 3. Reach/stretch (height + athleticism) When you said St. Ikr was "in a bad position being so far from goal" when he stopped Robben's shot, it was exactly _because_ of his excellent positioning that he did. In a 1v1, best thing is for a keeper to come out and close the gap. This "makes the goal smaller" in the same way as you'd imagine the shadow on the goal a keeper would cast would get bigger as he moved out of the goal and closer to a light stationed where the attacker is.

Not discussed but still important: •The goalkeeper is not allowed to touch or play the ball with his hands if the ball is outside the penalty area. Meaning, it doesn't matter if the goalkeeper is standing inside the penalty area, but if the ball is outside it and he handles or touches it with his hands, then he just committed a foul. •A new rule (2022 World Cup): During penalty kicks, at the time the kick is taken, least one of the goalkeeper's feet must be on the goal line in-between the goal posts. •Another thing: If the whole of the ball runs along or on the touchline (sideline) or the goal line (end line), then it is not yet considered out of play --- until the whole of the ball crosses the full width of the line. Also, notice that the goal posts and crossbar are the same width as the goal line (six inches). •A throw-in must be performed with both feet touching the ground outside the pitch.

People dont realize that goalkeeping is the hardest to play physicaly and mentally because all the pressure is on you and you have to be ready for anything

People tend to sleep on them but a world class keeper can mean the difference between a win and a loss

Massive respect for calling it football

you can't understand how fast and agile goalkeepers need to be by watching a video. When you go down you got to be ready to dive again in a second.

The hardest thing for a goalkeeper is the mental aspect. They sometimes do absolutely nothing for 89min and than need to be there on point with the perfect timing and like no reaction time.

For clarification, at 5:55 if your team mate pass you the ball with anything other than their head, the goalkeeper is not allowed to touch it with his hands or it would be a free kick. Also, at 9:04 the ball has to pass the line in it’s entirety.

To give you an idea of how isolated the US is when it comes to sport: 1) The biggest event in US sports, the Super Bowl, attracted a viewership of 140 million in 2021. The Soccer World Cup attracted 1.1 BILLION viewers. 2) The Super Bowl winners are proclaimed “world champions”, after only teams from 1 country (USA) takes part. The last Soccer world championship saw 32 countries from 6 continents take part. That’s how you define a “world” championship.

The ones you see one on one with the goal keepers. The goal keeper come out to cut the angle. The closer he is to the oncoming player trying to score, it's easier for him to make the block. Remember the goal is 24 inches wide, so if he's in the goal, there are lots and lots of pockets to put the ball through just like a pool table.

In football, a common misconception about the ball and the goal/outline is that if any part of the ball crosses the line it is out. However the whole ball needs to be behind the line.

The reason that the goalkeeper used his head to make the save was that his own player kicked the ball back towards him, and as we know, goalkeepers cannot handle the ball if its kicked to them by their own team. His head was the only way to stop the pass back going in, without giving away a free-kick. Also, for a goal to be given, the *whole* ball must cross the line.

about the keeper being in a bad position when he came to the striker, this is actually the right thing to do in a 1 on 1 situation. The aim is to shut the striker down, close down his options to take a shot and being so close when the striker does shoot the keeper is literally a couple feet away and making themselves big can get in the way of ti

at 2:55, when players are on a "break away", its beneficial for goalies to challenge the players away from the net, as it makes it harder for players to score.

The Goal Casillas stopped is what gave Spain the world cup in 2010. Remember that this is the biggest sporting event on earth. Thanks to Casillas history was made for Spain.

8:29 the ball is out of play/a goal only if NONE of the ball appears to be overlapping the line when viewed from above

@9:35... so happy to see this save in amongst all the modern stuff. Gordon Banks legend!

If an outfield player on the defending team touches the ball with his hands at all inside the big box it results in a penalty. Penaltys are taken from the dot inside the big box where a person from the attacking team tries to kick the ball past the keeper which is successful 70% of the time