I’ve always thought this would work a large amount of the time- we just saw Croatia do it twice. Ive always been curious about the science/ psychology of the penalty kick and for me the urge for the goalie to dive one side or the other would be too great.
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Shooting down the middle you’re relying on *luck*, relying on the goalie misjudging and prematurely jumping to one side.
Whereas shooting for a far side or an upper corner, you’re also relying on it being quite difficult for the goalie to jump and cover the spot *in time*; it’s physically difficult, not just lucky.
Keep in mind that defending the goal is what they do and train for all day, all year long. 100% they have studied the tendencies of every shooter and every opposing team that is in the world cup. If you do what you usually do, it’s predictable, and you’ll lose.
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