The introduction of VAR in football has given more justice to the game, but has made the goalkeepers’ task more difficult. Previously with greater freedom to try to stop a penalty, they are now under the scrutiny of the referees who are in the VOR room. That, of course, without ceasing to be for the field referees.
How to forget that stop Jerzy Dudek to Shevchenko with which the Polish goalkeeper gave Liverpool the UEFA Champions League in 2005. Or, for example, the intervention of Daniel Subasic Sergio Ramos in a Croatia – Spain of the group stage of the 2016 Euro Cup with 1-1 on the scoreboard (the Balkan team ended up winning 2-1 and condemned Vicente del Bosque’s Spain to second place and one more frame complicated).
These are just some examples of what can no longer be carried out currently.At least in games that have the support of technology. The two cases mentioned are two very flagrant ones and in quotes that attract a lot of focus. However, with the current regulations, implemented by the International Board (IFAB), it is not necessary for it to be such an obvious advance.
This is stated in the Rules of the Game, specifically, in the Rule 14that referring to the procedure by which a maximum penalty is to be carried out.
Rule 14. The penalty.
At the moment of the kick, the goalkeeper must have at least part of one foot in direct contact with the goal line, on it or behind it.
Therefore, there is no room for doubt. Having both feet in front of the goal line will be considered an infringement by the goalkeeperwho, if he manages to stop the shot, will see that his effort will not have been worth it, since the referee will order a replay.
Anti-Dibu norms
But it is not the only limitation that goalkeepers have to face. And a good part of the blame for this lies with Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martínez with his performances between the sticks.
Rule 14. The penalty.
The goalkeeper must remain on his own goal line, between the two goal posts and in front of the kicker until the ball is hit. The goalkeeper must not behave in a way that creates an illegal distraction for the kicker, e.g. e.g. He will not delay the execution of the penalty or touch the goal posts, crossbar or net.
The goalkeeper was one of the heroes of the World Cup won by the Albiceleste in Qatar. His prominence increased as the competition progressed, becoming decisiveprecisely, when the matches were resolved from eleven meters. This happened in the quarterfinals against the Netherlands, where he saved two maximum penalties (for van Dijk and Berghuis) and in the final, when he denied Coman the penalty.
Beyond his successes between the sticks, his distraction tactics. In fact, it was cautioned in the penalty shootout of the final for delaying his position on the line in the launch of Kolo Muani, in a clear attempt to deconcentrate the French striker.
The norm can be classified as ‘anti-Dibu’, because the IFAB added to the Laws of the Game for the 2023-24 season (effective July 1, 2023) hue that “the goalkeeper will not behave in a way that distracts the kicker in an illegal manner”. Until thenthis It was not included in the regulations.
Shortly after its application, an episode was seen that violated this point. Nahuel Guzmán, Argentine goalkeeper for Tigres UANL, imitated a mime by removing a purple and blue streamer from his mouth that he ended up leaving on the grass in a Leagues Cup match, a competition that Leo Messi’s Inter Miami won. The referee, complying with what was established, cautioned the goalkeeperwhich thus delayed the execution of the launch.
Daniel Domínguez is an all-terrain journalist who knows the data on almost all the competitions in the world of sports. Born in Madrid in 1999, he graduated in Journalism from the Carlos III University of Madrid and is facing his first major professional experience at Relevo. He grew up in ElGoldeMadriz, a medium that covers modest football in the Community of Madrid, where he trained close to the protagonists in the environment in which he most likes to be: the regional football fields. In 2020 and 2021 he was editor of the La Liga Brand Guide. But man does not live on bread alone and football is not the only thing he consumes. He is also passionate about the sports center and lacks screens to follow all the sports news…
2023-10-31 17:47:22
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