Agree with Messi's against Van der Sar, he looked his age there - but hard to criticise the keepers for the others.
Disagree with the first one, Eto'o takes the shot very quickly at points blank range and he has the whole of the goal to aim for.
I agree, particularly since plenty of mistakes happened before that. VDS booting the ball upfield with no pressure, no one contesting Busquets, Carrick gifting Barca the ball, nobody challenging Iniesta (Carrick, Anderson, Evra), Vidic getting duped by Eto'o and Carrick coming too late, with Evra jogging back as well. VDS could have done better, but it was neither a big mistake or questionable, nor was it a famous/great goal.
Woulda, shoulda, coulda.
Well no because he has a split second and two balls go off in different directions.
Ha ha I'm guessing you're both on the wind up. Both phenomenal strikes.
How can you call that goal a 'fluke'? Arie Haan may have something to say about that. A fluke is if it deflected in off someone's arse and looped over the guy.
The point is no GK expects anyone to shoot from that far.. Ronaldo chanced his arm and caught the keeper off guard.
'WHAT A GOAL BY MCFADDEN. GENIUS FROM MCFADDEN. PICK THAT ONE OUT LANDREAU!'
Yet in that split second he turns to the bright red ball which is 5 times larger than the ball he's been playing with all season. He was never world class, a poor man's Neil Sullivan.
This came to my mind when I read the title. It’s still my favourite ever goal though.
Always thought this
There's some harsh calls aren't there
To be fair if some of these keepers had their time again they would do something different but an unexpected timing/angle of a shot plus a sweet connection can make it very tricky for goalkeepers in the moment. Keepers are destined to look foolish at times, there isn't a single one who has been spared.There's some harsh calls aren't there
Did the first leg end 2-2? I thought we went through 1-0 on aggregate. Genuinely don’t remember a 2-2.
Kevin Keegan, who has talked his fair share of rubbish in his time, made the point during Kluivert's nutmegs goal against England at Euro 96 that Seaman did everything right in terms of making himself a big target in the goal. If the striker puts it through a keeper's legs he looks a bit of a plum but you'd rather have that than have a keeper immobilise himself by standing with his feet together. Here you could argue Pinto can cut the angle better and the defender should have taken Bale out way back when he was losing the footrace but it's a good, brave finish for me.
THANK YOU. I can't put the boot in the way I would like because I'd get accused of bias haha, but at the end of the day, Bale has just run past a much slower centre back, then been able to take three, that's THREE touches in the box, after his touch outside the box, then sclaff it under Pinto. People really seem to be impressed when a player runs a long distance for some reason. Pinto in goals for Barca conceded quite a few ham and egg goals, particularly against Madrid in Copa games. Pep made a mistake by playing him in the cup games, even if he was super popular amongst the players. Pinto was just incredibly sluggish compared to other keepers of the day. Compare to Peter Schmeichel for example for someone who never seemed to get nutmegged as a keeper, because he could position his body correctly when the attacker was up close.
About 5 of the goals were down to dodgy keeping.
