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Post by bbg95 on Aug 6, 2023 23:22:11 GMT -5
Again, I sort of disagree that "nobody" saves a shot like that (to be fair, that's the person you're quoting who said that). It was a good save. But it was close enough to Musovic that she and other good keepers could make the save. I went back and watched the highlights again, and I'm not sure there was a single amazing save. Just a lot of good saves as well as excellent positioning. With the way people were talking, I expected the soccer equivalent of prime Dominik Hasek. What I saw instead was more like Martin Brodeur. Which don't get me wrong, is still excellent, but not quite the same thing. Did you watch the match or just the highlights? I watched the highlights and also the match replay (the live broadcast was on in the middle of the night, so I was asleep for that).
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Post by zarsta on Aug 7, 2023 0:22:44 GMT -5
Did you watch the match or just the highlights? I watched the highlights and also the match replay (the live broadcast was on in the middle of the night, so I was asleep for that). Fair enough, I personally thought the performance across what was 120 minutes of knock out football was a stand out (in contrast to, say, an amazing stretch of 15 minutes during a match). She didn't stand out to me in the other two matches (she didn't play vs Argentina), but last night she played a blinder. I also took Merv's "nobody" to mean more along the lines of "I can't believe someone actually saved that", and the look on Horan's face seemed to agree.
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Post by bbg95 on Aug 7, 2023 0:38:07 GMT -5
Another thing that was cool about that shootout was seeing the US keeper take and make a penalty. I haven't seen that too often.
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Post by carsonvega on Aug 7, 2023 0:46:46 GMT -5
There's a little part of me that wishes that every penalty shootout would extend to 11 shots per team so that each keeper has to take a shot against the opposing keeper. I know I'm weird.
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Post by Mocha on Aug 7, 2023 0:50:41 GMT -5
After watching the highlights, I don't think that most of Musovic's saves were that spectacular. The most impressive aspect to me was her positioning, as it seemed like she was basically always in the right spot to make the save. She wasn't unbeatable, but she definitely was hard to beat. As for the penalties, missing the goal altogether on three out of seven shots is hard to ascribe to anything other than just choking. Musovic didn't even need to save one. What I liked about Mušović was that after each spectacular save she got up and looked at her teammates as if saying “I’ve got this!” Most goalkeepers I’ve seen would start yelling and blaming the rest of the team for forcing the save.
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Post by bbg95 on Aug 7, 2023 0:52:24 GMT -5
I would like to see penalty shootouts abolished in knockout matches or at the very least for the World Cup final. Modern technology has fixed so many things that I used to hate about soccer (e.g. the offside rule, flopping in the box, time wasting, missed goal line calls), but this one remains.
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Post by Mocha on Aug 7, 2023 0:58:04 GMT -5
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Post by zarsta on Aug 7, 2023 5:30:30 GMT -5
Another 0-0 match (entertaining with chances on both ends), with England surviving in PKs. Lauren James given a straight red near the end of the first 90 - VAR sees everything now...
Great effort by Nigeria, they nearly pulled it off.
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Post by mervinswerved on Aug 7, 2023 6:11:31 GMT -5
That was an extremely sexy ball from Fowler. Matildas 1-0.
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Post by mervinswerved on Aug 7, 2023 6:52:30 GMT -5
Pretty spot on from Goff about the USA's future. I missed Ertz saying yesterday that she's done. Not surprising but a little disappointing because she clearly has a lot left in the tank. On to Paris!
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Post by zarsta on Aug 7, 2023 6:53:22 GMT -5
That was an extremely sexy ball from Fowler. Matildas 1-0. Fowler has done really well in Kerr's absence.
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Post by zarsta on Aug 7, 2023 7:37:03 GMT -5
Matildas defeat Denmark 2-0. Sam Kerr finally sees the pitch, subbing on in the 80th minute. Was a bit worried when there was talk her injury was a calf tear. Great to see her back and hopefully ready for even more time in the QF vs France/Morocco.
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Post by mervinswerved on Aug 7, 2023 7:41:10 GMT -5
Matildas defeat Denmark 2-0. Sam Kerr finally sees the pitch, subbing on in the 80th minute. Was a bit worried when there was talk her injury was a calf tear. Great to see her back and hopefully ready for even more time in the QF vs France/Morocco. Really professional job from Australia. Dominated that match. Kerr slipped in the box right when she came on and had one of those falls where her leg bent back underneath her and only a professional athlete (or a toddler) walks away unscathed.
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Post by bbg95 on Aug 7, 2023 8:36:37 GMT -5
Another 0-0 match (entertaining with chances on both ends), with England surviving in PKs. Lauren James given a straight red near the end of the first 90 - VAR sees everything now... Great effort by Nigeria, they nearly pulled it off. I had to get some sleep, so I turned it off after halftime, but VAR screwed up by overturning the penalty in the first half. In general, I think VAR has been a very good thing for the sport, but this was an example of a bad use of VAR. The VAR ref should not be overruling the match referee on subjective calls. Not great for England, especially since James (their most dangerous offensive player) will miss the next match. But it's all about surviving and advancing.
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Post by mervinswerved on Aug 7, 2023 10:13:06 GMT -5
James is going to be lucky to avoid missing the rest of the tournament. Could easily see FIFA extending the suspension to more than one game.
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