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Title Football: ‘The wall’ can make it harder to save free kicks – new research Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet The Conversation Media type Web Duration/Length/Size 842 Words Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 26/12/2020 Description In football, free kicks occur when the referee believes a rule has been broken. If central enough and within 30 metres from the goal, the attacking team typically attempts a direct shot on goal. However, the goalkeeper routinely places a “wall” of defensive players in between the ball and the goal to complicate the kicker’s task of shooting on target.
While this strategy is often effective, the wall frequently obstructs the goalkeeper’s initial view of the moving ball. Although the negative effects of this obstruction have been assumed by experts, they had not been scientifically quantified until recently.Producer/Author Joost C. Dessing URL https://theconversation.com/football-the-wall-can-make-it-harder-to-save-free-kicks-new-research-151869 Persons Joost C. Dessing, Cathy Craig, Theofilos Valkanidis