AMERICAN Reacts to Legendary Goalkeeper Saves in Football! *INSANE*

American NFL Fan Reacts to some of Football's most LEGENDARY Goalkeeper SAVES!!!
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[@paulstreet1620]

The whole of the ball has to cross over the line for it to be a goal. In a lot of matches there is a goal line detector which is linked directly to the referee to let them know whether a ball crossed or not. It's accurate to the millimeter. Great vid, keep reacting.

[@mancuniangamecat8288]

Tell that to Sheffield United fans.

[@JohnSmith-rw2yn]

yeah I think the best example in recent times is John stones clearing off the line vs Liverpool, on the goal line tech like 98% of the ball was over the line but still no goal.

[@josephhosty-locke9223]

Perfect definition. For JT, to see how close and serious this rule is search for John Stones’ clearance vs Liverpool.

[@jamesmccartney6778]

The whole off the ball crossing the line is also the same on the side and edges but the watch only goes of if a goal is scored.

[@Gaz231289]

I think Ignacio Pussetto clearance was tighter than the John Stones clearance, if you look for "legendary goal line clearances premier league" it'll be at the top...think it also has the stones one too

[@frenki425]

To answer some of the questions you had: 1. Goals are 8ft high and 24ft wide 2. The average shooting power from pros is easily 60+ mph, however as stated previously thats on average, the most powerful shot recorded is thought to have reached 131 mph (you dont want those sort of shots hitting your balls and believe me it happens quite often in this game) 3. The terrible positioning of goalkeeper is what we usually call a 50/50. Goalkeeper knew if the guy came closer it would be even easier to score therefore he had to decide whether he wanted to take that chance or risk it and go forward to block as much view of the goal as possible and in the end it turned out to be the right decision (another crucial quality of pros is the decision-making in tough situations within seconds) 4. The ball has to completely cross the line for a goal to count 5. Your guess was correct when you said outfield players are not allowed to touch the ball with their hand, not even accidentally, hence we europians insist on calling the game "football" lol 6. At 5:55 it was the goalkeeper's teammate who passed the ball like that (thats an insanely bad pass) and the rules state that when goalkeeper's teammate passes the ball to him the goalkeeper cant touch it with his hands, therefore this goalkeeper put some of that good quick-thinking and threw the ball off play with this head 7. At 14:15 yes correct again, the goalkeeper was just showing off 8. At 14:40 I think that was a commercial or just a comedic skit, that hasn't really happened. If a goalkeeper could do that in real life he might as well ask for all the money in the world as he deserves it lol I hope I was helpful :)

[@voisoddrivod9480]

But we goalkeepers all love 14:15 Rene Higuita ...

[@frenki425]

@@voisoddrivod9480 understandable. We all like to get a bit cheeky now and then and there is nothing wrong with it as long as you are winning or you know you wont fail with your trick lol

[@voisoddrivod9480]

@@frenki425 True, but it's because he didn't actually cared or he was THAT confident! or BOTH! Lol!

[@thenotsodiscretewolf2098]

4, unless its "the hand of god" f me that wad bs even 50 years later But if i remember by accident can be allowed if your hands where by center mass of the body, so like to by the nuts or near chest.

[@s4ss1n]

@@voisoddrivod9480 jamie redknapp doesn't ;)P

[@HubertKlimczak]

Actually that Dudek double save was in Champions League final, which let Liverpool come back from 0-3 to 3-3 and won it in penalties, thanks to Dudek's 3 saved pens. One of the best single player gk's performances of all time.

[@timhaas4524]

2:48 The impressive thing about the safe from casillas is in fact his positioning. In 1v1 situations, the goalkeepers try to reduce the angle for the attacker. If he stays on the line it would be way easier to score. Love your reactions!

[@ronaldbaglien3457]

Was coming to the comments to say the same thing. On a breakaway like that, the goal keeper has to come ot to try to cut the angle and "makke himself bigger" in proportion to the goal.

[@intibadillazuniga9763]

And the context is everything here. It was the World Cup's final, the match was 0-0 and this save was almost at the end. Then Spain scored and got champion of the world.

[@SimbianMinistry]

Goalkeepers are a different breed - In the 1956 FA Cup final, Manchester City's goalkeeper Bert Trautmann was knocked out by a collision with a Birmingham City striker - He pulled himself together and finished the game, making a couple more important saves. When he was checked out later, it was found that several neck vertebrae were broken. He'd played the last 15 minutes of that game with a broken neck.

[@patriciacarter1147]

Trautmann was a German POW who joined City and became a hero with his goalkeeping skills.

[@keithhutson5930]

There's a movie about his life

[@eddhardy1054]

During the war he served as a paratrooper and they are kinda known for being tough buggers 😳

[@AcidAdventurer]

When I was in sixth grade I played every down of the last 15 minutes of an American football game with a broke collar bone. Just had to flex a little

[@unboxing_legend7708]

i think weve all seen that goalkeeper video at least once from way back when where the goalkeeper is the unluckiest person that day accidently saving the ball from going in on a penalty every shot and hitting him over and over again to the point hes put in a chair practically unconcious and bleeding and not even saving the ball yet hes still being hit from missed shots and manages to win the game from pretty much doing nothing. since that game the rules changed drastically. i do believe that now, if both goalkeepers are unable to play or unfit to play during the game, its and automatic forfeit and loss for that team.

[@ClaretKev1980]

Casillas (the Spanish goalkeeper) was actually perfectly positioned to stop Robben (the Dutch attacker) from scoring. It's called "narrowing the angle" - Robben has less of the goal to aim at because the keeper has come off his line and put him under pressure

[@egarciaveasey]

Came on here to say exactly that. Can't add to it, perfectly described

[@lulusbackintown1478]

👍

[@maximilianmaier3950]

And leaving your net in a one on one situation is a true form of art. I had the pleasure to work with a really good goalkeeper coach in our training camp once and we had entire sessions just focussing on the right timing to leave the ned and narrow the angle and how to bait strikers to shoot early and I took so much from these sessions. As an Amateur goalie, usually when I saw a striker on a breakaway I immediately rushed out of the net, but after this training camp, my save percentage on breakaways significantly increased. Personally I never really had a chance to go pro, even though I was a talented goalie, simply because I was too small, but for everyone who has the ambition to go pro, try to get the opportunity to work with a really good coach. It makes such a difference.

[@lordomacron3719]

It not just narrowing the angles my goalkeeper coach said it is also Intimidating to rush out rather than back up the whole idea is to pressure to striker to make a hasty choice increasing the chances of a mistake you don’t want to give they time to think.

[@gman0973]

too bad Spain got trashed on that game 1-5!!! a few minutes later, Robben ran all aound Casillas on the 79th minute to score the 5th goal.

[@bencreezay]

Something to be mentioned in this video too is that, a lot of these saves are in massive moments of the game. These keepers basically saved the entire match for their teams making them that much more hype

[@osmanhadzalic9060]

Some of the saves in the beginning are in world cup finals, doesn't get bigger than that.

[@jimjogger306]

@@osmanhadzalic9060 Champions league final is a much bigger achievment than the world cup, World cups are a roll of the dice, Whereas in the champions league you are facing the absolute elite teams game after game.

[@wisefelipe]

​​@@jimjogger306c'mon, you don't actually believe that, do you?

[@jimjogger306]

@@wisefelipe The competition is trash, Everyone knows this.

[@dennishendrikx3228]

I love how keepers, as they are called, act angry at their defence, for allowing a shot to be made. But deep in his heart he loved it. This his rare moment to shine, unlike attackers.

[@christopher6921]

My grandad was a goalkeeper and won the FA cup in 1937 with Sunderland, he also played for England in a war time friendly against wales. He retired in 1954 because of a knee injury. He died in 1999 when I was 15 and he was the last member of that fa cup winning team to die

[@thomasshirlaw3207]

Sunderland till I die, ha way the lads

[@christopheranslow5963]

Bloody mackems every where lol congrats by the way from your geordie neighbour.

[@thomasshirlaw3207]

Cheers mate, hopefully we'll meet again for the good old derby days, nothing better

[@robchissy]

thank you for your grand dad

[@robchissy]

@@christopheranslow5963 yup, we are everywhere, it just shows how big of a fan club we have

[@ohauss]

The thing that is often overlooked with goalkeepers is that it would be easy for them to be lulled to inattention when the game is happening far away from their goal line. They have to be able to deal with ten, twenty minutes of having nothing to do and then deliver 100% athleticism on point when the situation changes - and it can change quite rapidly.

[@unboxing_legend7708]

i remember as a kid in primary school, i played in a football team in defense and goalie at times. this is something thats true and very common. u have nothing to do for like 10 to 15 mins usually so ur mind starts to wander and lose track to find something better to do or u convince ur self to distract ur self in other ways. all of a sudden, ur unprepared and theyve closed in ready to score and ur just not ready and fully zoned back in so when u got to react fast after being in ur own world, everything is a blur and a daze because ur brain is aware of the situation but doesnt have enough time to sort everything out and tell every part of ur body to get into action. so u often just dive as a fail safe or go in the general direction of the ball but not always save it. focusing when it comes to football is more crucial than people realise and its different for every position on the field. it is also why ur advised to space out ur energy and conserve it.

[@JamieEmmons]

@@unboxing_legend7708 once i was in such a one sided game the gk just quit. there was an open goal (btw scores were 13:0 to the team that lost their gk)

[@tatooinestar]

Nice video, I played in goal for 5 years for my school, High School to you in the US, I was 6' 4" at 13 years old. It is a difficult position to play especially at the emotional level, you never get the praise for saving a shot (that's your job, get on with it!) and if the opposition scores, you're the villain, not the rest of the team that let it get to the goal, just you! And don't get me started on the stress of a penalty shoot out! Having said that, my shining moment was saving 4 out of 5 shots in a penalty shoot out during an inter-school competition, winning the match, that game did get talked about for months afterwards, so that was cool! And yes, the whole of the ball must cross the line to count, and coming forward towards a lone striker narrows the angle for his shot and increases your physical size to block him.

[@gabrote42]

Know that we appreciate you, just like we Love Dibu Martínez from our National Selection

[@kylerodd2342]

I also played GK. The trick to avoiding the villain role is to immediately get up and begin blaming your defenders or midfielders. It balances it all right out. Worked for me at least. Lol

[@Acadia26]

@@kylerodd2342 And you wouldn't be all that wrong about the matter, either. Unless you do something incredibly stupid, as we sometimes see happen to the best of them. And there are some howlers to watch online.

[@dylanbrown4073]

Goalkeepers are at least 5 11😊

[@chadwickborawski1718]

At 9:55 , the save you said was "fire", was England's first team goalie(90's & 2000's) David Seeman, and that particular save, where he swatted it out of the goal, has been voted as one of the ten greatest saves in the history of football. Gotta admit, it was an amazing save.

[@speku87]

Still England isnt very famous for its skilled Goalkeepers. I remember Seeman walking on a thin line between beeing genious and unskilled madness

[@chadwickborawski1718]

@@speku87 i agree with ya, David did walk that fine line. My memory isnt the greatest but i think he was Arsenal's shot stopper during their Invincible season.

[@Whoami691]

@@speku87 Gordon banks. The greatest we ever had.

[@wisefelipe]

Brazilian here. Isn't he the 2002 Goalkeeper who failed on Ronaldinho's free kick goal? Nice to see he was deserving of that spot, as unfortunately that is all we know of him. Unfortunate (or to us, fortunate), that he was in a bad day that day.

[@chadwickborawski1718]

@@wisefelipe yeah i dont even know if the great Ronaldinho knew if that was a shot or a cross. In my eyes it was a well placed cross, and Seaman was too close and off his line too far. But Ronaldinho is one of my favorites, so i just assume celebrate that goal!

[@davidsosa538]

14:12 was René Higuita, a colombian goalkeeper of the 90s known as "el loco" (the madman) he was famous for performing spectacular stuff, going out of the goal line and scoring free kick goals. That move in particular he used to perform it in friendly or exhibition games.

[@chinohana2153]

Higuita is amazing!

[@Rainyman63]

He actually had the balls (pun intended) to do it in a world cup match in 1990.

[@kingdongo4388]

That particular save was from an actual offside play, but nonetheless impressive

[@thisguyrighthere3]

it was not a friendly exhibition games, is was in the world cup

[@gandalf_thegrey]

EL LOCO

[@SpiritmanProductions]

5:51 That was a back-pass from his own player, so the keeper wasn't allowed to use his hands; he could only receive the ball like a normal player. (This rule was introduced years ago to speed the game up.)

[@iangoldsworthy2056]

He could use his hands only to what we call "Parry" away the ball(I.e deflect the ball) but that could lead to the attacking team to score the goal. Catching the ball would result in a direct free kick in the box for the attacking team. But I don't know if the keeper gets booked or not.

[@SpiritmanProductions]

@@iangoldsworthy2056 Any contact with the hands is a foul, resulting in an indirect free kick.

[@LuE87]

@@SpiritmanProductions You are correct. The rule is for "handling" the ball. Not just for catching like Ian suggests.

[@iangoldsworthy2056]

@@SpiritmanProductions the keeper can still use his hands to touch the ball but can't hold or catch the ball on a back pass. The reason keepers don't do this is a simple reaction to catch the ball as they did at the very beginning.

[@zeldaconnection9945]

Well, in that Scene, he even could catch the ball legally. Why? Because, otherwise it would be a goal. Than and only than it is allowed. (Beside the rule changed the last 10 years, what could be possible)

[@WelziFC7]

“If there’s anything more impressive than a beautiful goal it’s a beautiful save.” I’m 28, I’ve played goalkeeper for my whole life. I played all as a child, college, and some semi pro. The thing that got me into wanting to be a goalkeeper is that quote.

[@reneeday2445]

As an American, and a goalie, I can say these are some of the best saves of all time and him not knowing much about soccer makes it so much better 😂

[@davidbateleur8357]

The handball rules USED to be 'hand to ball' as opposed to 'ball to hand' which involves intent. But now the rule is all about having your hand/arm in 'an unnatural position'. This has literally nothing to do with intent, its all about where your hand/arm is when the ball hits it. Thats why right now defenders hide their hands/arms behind their back.

[@unfixablegop]

"Thats why right now defenders hide their hands/arms behind their back." Clearly an unnatural position. :-)

[@davidbateleur8357]

@@unfixablegop sure, but the ball wont hit the arms when theyre behind them right ;)

[@unfixablegop]

@@davidbateleur8357 Yes, it makes it very hard to hit an arm, though not completely impossible. It just shows that "unnatural position" was a complete failure of the rules. There were so many penalties called with the arms hanging by the sides that defenders took the desperate measure of clamping their arms behind their backs. When this started to happen, the rule makers should have really woken up, but they did not. I would love to see a penalty called against a defender who put his arms behind his back and yet still got hit on the arm, because this really is an unnatural position.

[@iangoldsworthy2056]

David Bateleur... He is to new to understand the playing rules. Just say if the ball hits any part of the arm on the defending team it is a foul to the opposition either a free kick or penalty in the box. If you stop the ball going over the line and/or open goal with your arm or hand to save a goal it is a straight red card and the opposing team get awarded a penalty.

[@RickyBobby021]

Intent, unnatural or whatever the ref on the day feels... The calls are too inconsistent therefore to reduce the chance of the ball hitting their hand defenders attempt to completely hide their arms behind their backs... This puts defenders at such an disadvantage... Balance wise... But hey, more goals

[@coltsfoot9926]

The header at 9:30 was an amazing save in a World Cup match. In an interview, the player heading the ball said that as soon as he headed the ball, he knew it was a goal, then the goalkeeper's hand appeared out of nowhere to flip it up and away from the goal. That player who didn't score was Pele, one of the greatest players in the world. He was the equivalent of Ronaldo or Messi back in 1970. Gordon Banks, the England Goalkeeper (also regarded as the best in the world at the time) said that he dived to try to save the goal, and felt the ball hit his hand, but lost track of the ball. He didn't know that he'd saved the goal as it seemed impossible. It was only when players congratulated him that he began to believe it. Pele and Banks became close friends after both of them had retired and spent happy time together reliving that save.

[@zblqssm9122]

I love that you have such an open mind for football, I’m an American that was raised playing, and I love the beautiful game, and it really sucks seeing how much Americans dismiss the sport and make fun of it. Thank you ❤

[@Ichigoeki]

I used to play football back in grade school, 6 years total. Started as a center defender/libero, was moved to left wing and then to goalie. Center defender: easiest place to be imo. I never had the stamina to chase the strikers, so I had to develop a good sense of the game so that I'd be able to minimize the running time. It apparently makes for a good defensive player when you just "magically" happen to be whereever the ball would next go. You also don't need to be all that good with your feet, just good with getting the opponents' feets from under them (of course while aiming for the ball, I swear). Being a solid 20-30 kg (~40-60 lbs, I think) heavier than the average striker at that age also helped, there was just no way anyone would push through you with plain power. (A quick language joke arose from this: "Jos paino on voimaa, niin ylipaino on ylivoimaa", lit. "if weight is a force/power, then overweight is excess force/power". It's a play on the Finnish word for gravity, which is painovoima, "weight power/force") Left wing: fun spot, but not good for me due to the lack of stamina. I think I was moved here exactly due to how I was apparently one step ahead of the game all the time. And being one of the only ones in the team who had both power AND accuracy while kicking with the left foot, giving a chance to center the ball from the sideline without needing to switch to the other foot. Goalie: I actually asked to be the designated goalie (we used to rotate the spot, and center defender was already taken at that point) so that I'd be more useful. You really only need 3 things to be succesfull as one. 1) Ability to read the game and position both yourself and the defenders accordingly 2) Good reflexes (as you noted, there's no way to consciously react to where the ball goes every time) 3) the realization that the ball hitting you hurts your body way less than it hitting the back of the net would hurt your pride.

[@tlpineapple1]

Number 3 is so true lol

[@SpiritmanProductions]

Others have already mentioned that the whole of the ball must go over the whole of the line, but I thought I'd explain why: All the lines are part of the area that they delineate. So, for instance, the lines marking out the penalty area (aka 18-yard box) are _part_ of that area, so a foul (by the defence) committed directly _on_ that line results in a penalty, just as it does _inside_ the area. Likewise, the outermost lines that mark the whole pitch, including the goal line, are part of the pitch, and so must be fully crossed before the ball is deemed to be out of play (goal, corner, goal kick, or throw-in).

[@johnluujl]

Adding: It's the opposite of American Football where the lines are not part of their area and therefore just outside the field of play rather than just inside. Anything green is still onside/in play, anything white is offside/out of play or a touchdown, because the white line always marks the edge of the regular field of play, never the endzone.

[@tornaperinso1484]

Perfect explanation as to the reason for the rule.

[@xjoshrx7385]

Perfect explanation

[@gbormann71]

...except for the centreline.

[@mxlexrd]

The goals are 8 yards wide by 8 feet high. And for a goal to be scored, the whole of the ball needs to cross the whole of the line. Also, a goalkeeper coming out to meet the attacking player makes it harder for them to score directly since it means he covers a larger fraction of the goal area.

[@MrVvulf]

Unless you were facing Ronaldo R9...in which case he just dribbles around and makes you look silly. For goalkeepers (and fans of football in general), he was a delight to watch, and a nightmare to face.

[@zeldaconnection9945]

@@MrVvulf LOL beside Ronaldo plays against Neuer and or some other good Goalis

[@vahepetrosyan9707]

​@@MrVvulf Or Messi who just used to chip the ball over goalie)

[@gabrote42]

@@vahepetrosyan9707 Now he sets up goals like few others. And Enzo Martínez will do the same as well

[@loganyarborough7783]

The hardest thing for a mom is to have a kid be a keeper. My son was a keeper for 12yrs and played Varsity in high school. He was 6'3" and I'll tell you all keepers are a little crazy lol and the mental fortitude they have to have is insane. Either your team is mad at you are the other team is. There is always heat coming from somewhere. Great reaction and much love from TX

[@Piestaam]

I wish if they included Yann Sommer’s save against Bayern when he pulled it with his middle finger from the line. That was crazy especially when you watch it live Just imagine some of these saves were in crucial times just makes it 10 times more beautiful

[@mehdimarashi1736]

Yann Sommer is a very fine keeper. He is not a super keeper like Neuer or Courtois or ter Stegen, but you can easily make a 10 min clip of his super saves. He is one of those who can pull an elephant out of their keepers caps any time.

[@bromley001]

The save at 9:39 is one of the most amazing saves I have ever seen - It just seemed to hang in the air while David Seaman scooped it away. Sadly, it was against my club (Sheffield United), and we lost the game 1-0.

[@rrandom1236]

Best 2 saves ever were seaman’s and Gordon banks shown just before

[@ianz9916]

I was at that game and was very happy to see Spunky save it as I'm an Arsenal fan. Was the header from Paul Peschisolido?

[@bromley001]

@@ianz9916 That's the one.

[@iainhughes8110]

The most legendary save EVER is known as The Save of The Century. Gordon Banks (England) saving from Pele (Brazil) at the 1970 World Cup. Check it out- it's Superhuman!!🙂

[@Sorarse]

It's in the clip if you had watched it through.

[@Derry_Aire]

It's in the video you clown. Banks' save might have been good in 1970 but there's been thousands better since then.

[@daviddavies3637]

Peter Schmeichel pulled off a nearly identical save almost 30 years later.

[@davidv.8655]

as a keeper myself ,what made that save so brilliant was pele headed the ball into the ground at speed . banks not only had to get across the goal but had to judge the height of the return to keep it out. nigh on impossible . the flying saves and tips over the bar look spectacular ,are in fact run of the mill for a decent keeper .

[@malcolmsleight9334]

@@davidv.8655 And if I remember correctly, because Pele was sure he had scored from that header, he hung around after the ball was cleared and congratulated Banks on the save. You don't see that kind of class anymore, and that's why I still rate Pele as the greatest player in football history - class trumps everything.

[@numbers._.]

Thank you! Finally an American that recognizing how important a goalkeeper is (I am also in MLS Next the top league in the USA)

[@ianwoodall4523]

Speaking as an old keeper you are spot on. You can keep your strikers job. There is no better feeling than a keeper and their back four working to keep your team in a game. Its raining, its cold, you are totally outclassed but you have a 1.0 lead. They keep coming. Wave after wave of attack. Somehow you keep them out and get the win. Sheer bloody poetry.

[@spzx4052]

That save where the keeper heads it over the bar was because of a rule called no pass backs. Basically, the goalkeeper can’t pick the ball up if their teammate has passed it to them. Deflections are generally ok, but any other hands in use after a pass back is illegal. It usually leads to a indirect free kick (just a free-kick that you can’t score directly from, there has to be a pass first). Love the vids, keep them coming 👍

[@kaanson5543]

that was Jordan Archer for Millwall

[@olienajh]

Loving seeing Marc Andre Ter Stegen, the German Barcelona keeper feature so heavily. He’s not super tall but produces some fab saves. He plays for my fave team.

[@Scotsdave]

Love your enthusiasm for the sport... just a note on the foot save where you mentioned he was "in a terrible position". Not necessarily; in a one on one situation, the keeper has to close the distance to the attacker, to cover more of the goal due to the angles involved... and when you know that save was in a World Cup final, it becomes even more incredible.

[@foot-bol]

For me, as a football fan, it's very interesting to see how impressed you are about these skills that I've been witnessing for decades now, keep doing these videos man. I'm so happy you've finally discover the king of sports. There's a Joe Rogan's Video in which he says that football (soccer) doesn't require any abilities... And I jus can tell that he's never even tried playing the game in his entire life, if not, he wouldn't had said that

[@MoA-Reload...]

2:45 just incase you take up football and end up in goal, what the keeper did there was exactly right. You want to come out and close the angles of the attacker when you don't have defenders in front of them. If you stay back on the line the angles are to wide to cover and the attacker has a much easier time. We(the keepers) also tend to be big, as in tall with long arms and big hands. That can really rattle a player up front when they see you charging right at them. They also know we have the option to go to ground on the ball with our hands unlike the defenders so getting round us is going to much harder. Oh and on how hard the ball can be coming at you? Not sure on actual speed off the top of my head but the 2 titanium plates and 4 screws in ma little finger say "ouchie fast" 😂 Saved the ball but it had some curl on it and only got my pinky on it. Due to the speed the ball was going and even the amount of spin on it I ended up with a spiral fracture made worse by dumb arse me taking the glove off, finding my pinky at a 90° angle it shouldn't be doing and thinking "ahh, so I dislocated it? Let be just pop it back in" 😵 yeah, don't do that btw

[@marco_grt4460]

A professional football (soccer) player can kick the ball at a speed of 100 km/h, the speed record is held by Ronny Heberson, Sporting Lisbona player in 2006, speed 221 km/h

[@helvete983]

Goals are 8ft (2.44 meters) high, bearing in mind Keepers are usually quite tall, but the world tallest keeper is a Danish guy who stands at 2.1 meters so around 6ft 9 inches.

[@_NT91]

Was he good? Thought there would be 7fters blocking every shot?

[@flashswipe6825]

​@@_NT91hitting bottom coner shots against this tall goalkeepers would been easier since there large body would mean it takes a longer period of time for them to come low to the ground

[@GeirGunnarss]

As a former Goalkeeper I have some insights. One thing you have to realize is that there is a reason to get as close to the player with the ball as possible, it decreases the open areas of the goal cos your are now filling more of the paths the ball can take with your body BUT there is a trade off, the goalkeeper now has even less time to react to the shot.

[@beyond_the_tequila_rift3194]

Iker Casillas made two key saves in 2010 for the World Cup final at Extra Time to keep Spain in the game against the Netherlands. Arjen Robben should've buried both chances, but Iker came so far out and made a last-ditch save! The lonely island of Goal Keepers...They do have by far one of the toughest jobs, because if they're letting in too many goals they're not doing their job, even though it's also reliant on your defensive back end and how well they're assisting in defending.

[@agentbaldy7]

GKs in football are normally the nutters of the team 😁 diving at feet, eating a ball from point blank range etc They also have a different mental state. They are part of a team but very individual as well. Good goal keepers can save a lot of points a season, at any standard of football Enjoying your videos. Keep them up dude✌️

[@ollieduracell]

I used to play in goal. We're all crazy. Big respect JT

[@MrDando87]

I love how wholesome your content is. As an football coach in England it's great to see your passion.

[@DronePhotography-yh5kr]

2:58 Actually he was in that position intentionally, it gives him more angle on the ball. In a way, it makes him "bigger", and makes it easier to save the ball than if he was just sitting in the goal, allowing the striker to shoot at him from anywhere he pleases, whenever he wants.

[@enkiofsumer8374]

So glad that at 9.30 my hometown (Chesterfield, England) goal keeper Gordon Banks' save was in there. Often referred to as the best save in history. Bear in mind that this was in the 1970 World Cup, England Vs Brazil, and the player who headed the ball was arguably the best and most known footballer of all time Edson Arantes DiNaseimento. Never heard of him????? Better known as 'PELE'.

[@simonchilli2088]

Pele was a nickname given to him because when he was younger he was quite small. I believe it means little one.

[@enkiofsumer8374]

@@simonchilli2088 correct 👍

[@chrisjeffs7923]

But also he is the only Leicester City player to win the World Cup lol

[@enkiofsumer8374]

@@chrisjeffs7923 I was working on a building site in Market Harborough when Leicester won the Premier League. Most of the lads on site were obviously Leicester City fans. Lots of them made £1000's out of their loyal £10, £20 and £50 win or EW bets etc. at 300/1 odds. One mate I worked with had 100 quid on it. Sadly he settled early for 18k, costing him 12k. But he didn't want to take the risk. If I'd had 20k cash, I'd have bought the bet from him myself.

[@peterjackson4763]

My PE teacher told a story of a reaction test with a football he had done when at college. His time was 1.8s, the second fastest was 1.6s, The fastest was 0.8s by Gordon Banks.

[@billyedwards8756]

David seaman save 9:40 one of the best goalkeepers in premier league and that save was just unreal

[@kirstenlyons2957]

2:46 he was actually in a good position as there were no defenders back and he was coming out so that the striker had a smaller widow within to shoot.

[@SightlessRain1]

As a goal keeper its like being a double edged sword. sometime you make the best save of your life, and the other times you throw a game because you missed an easy save which is such a terrible feeling.

[@nicolashelmke9458]

9:00 it’s a save, rules say that the entire ball has to cross the line to be a goal, if the entire ball hasn’t cross the line is not a goal, tha was an amazing save, also, please react to videos of Manuel Neuer he’s a German goalkeeper who many considere to be the best ever

[@markheffernan876]

This was a great react dude! Yes the whole of the ball must cross the line. There have been some truly amazing keepers in the premiership. Ray Clemence (Liverpool 70's - 80's), David Seaman (Arsnel 90's to early OO's) to name but a few. Keep enjoying!! YNWA!! Up the Reds!!

[@DaMadK1ng]

I really appreciate your work.. oh boy this is so fun.. I'm glad that world cup video a few weeks back randomly got me to one of your vids . I loved them that i subscribed, now I'm stalking your old content and this video is great. Your reactions are fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.. keep the amazing work 🙏

[@AntalopeAUT]

Reaction times, athleticism and decision-making times are wayyyyy off the charts with all the good goalkeepers . They are literal kraken pressed into human form .

[@Kameron-Duncan]

The keeper at 5:51 wasn’t showing off. The black and white are his teammates and the defender tried to pass it back to the keeper to keep possession or clear the ball up the field. The defender misplaced the pass horribly, and almost went into their net. Their is a rule where you can’t pick the ball up if your own teammate intentionally passes it to you. The keeper had to head it away, excellent reactions from the keeper.

[@HenriqueErzinger]

Check out Rogério Ceni. He was a legendary goal keeper from São Paulo, in Brazil, who has the world record for most goals scored for a keeper (more than 100, no one else gets even close). He was also one of the greatest at his main job and with his feet, so he would frequently dribble the opponents or even give direct goal assists from the other side of the field. He appeared once in this video. Today he is the current manager for São Paulo.

[@nikolaybekov2331]

1. The shortest goalkeeper was Jorge Campos - 168 cm. and the tallest Kristof Van Hout - 208 cm. The average height of the goalies nowadays is 189 cm. But it's not only the height that is important. When the positioning is good, you can be shorter and still save. If you are high, but not in good position or not flexible enough, you will not be able to save low shots. So it's combination of positioning, reflexes, flexibility, height and so many other qualities. There is also a big part of mind games, that keepers do (especially when trying to save penalties). It's a quite complex job. 2. The ball is "IN" or in other words, there is goal, when the WHOLE of the ball passes over the goal line.

[@chinohana2153]

Campos was pretty cool ^^

[@aidanwitbeck4496]

I played for my varsity soccer team and one thing that is always overlooked is the strain on your muscles when you launch yourself of the ground like that. Especially when multiple saves occur in a short amount of time

[@SpiritmanProductions]

The two acrobatic saves were in friendlies or charity matches.

[@SwillMith16]

The clip where he heads it over, he wasnt just showing off he had to do that. His teammate passed it back to him and in that situation the keeper can't use their hands (unless the player passed it to them using their head), but because he did a normal pass, the keeper wasn't allowed to catch it or it would be a penalty

[@V0RT3X_EDITS]

Respect to this man for calling it football and not soccer

[@milktea2422]

I do like how he understands how hard it is to actually save these shots. Especially considering how big the net is and how small the ball is in comparison to a net. It’s much much more likely for a player to score a 1v1 at an angle than it is for a goalkeeper to make a save.

[@deanojammin]

Love that you're learning football 👍 Just a heads up mate. On one of the clips 2.37 you said that because the goalkeeper was futher out the save is harder to make. It's in fact the opposite. By coming off his line Casillas closes down the angles meaning Robben has less of the goal to shoot at. It limits his options. Knowing when to come off your line is one of the hardest parts of being a goalkeeper. In the clip at 5.51 where the goalkeeper uses his head. If a player passes back to his owngoalkeeper which was the case in the clip the keeper isn't allowed to use their hands. Their are exceptions though. The keeper can use his hands if the outfield players uses anything other than his foot to play the ball back. His head, chest etc. If the back pass is unintentional the keeper can also use his hands. Keep up the good work man and if you want to start following a football team in the English Premier League then now is the time to follow Newcastle Utd. We've been a sleeping giant for years. A one city club, 52,000 people at every home game. Oh and as from last November when we were taken over we're now officially the richest sports club in the world. Exciting times ahead ⚫️⚪️✌️

[@MrChasanDayve]

Apart from the double kick at 14:12, the other times a goalie headed the ball, it looked more like they were not allowed to use their hands, due to the back pass rule. A goalkeeper cannot use their hands if the ball has been passed back by a member of their own team, this includes things like wayward headers and sliced kicks. It was a rule bought in to speed up the game. Before this you would get these periods in the game, where the goalie would roll the ball out to a defender, who would then just pass the ball back to him to waste time and run down clock time.

[@yarriddevogelaere2005]

After watching the game live with hundreds of groups of thousands of people on big screens all throughout the country rewatching that WC Courtois save gave me goosebumps. The hands rule is a bit complicated. Most unintentional handballs are still called as a foul, unless the arm is close to the torso in a 'natural' position. In the box rules changes a bit. The rules are still the same for the offensive team but the defenders have a bit more leeway. If the ball accidentally touches their arm after ricochetting off any other body part it's not called and neither is it if the ball hits the arm while the defender is falling or making a slide-tackle and the arm is between their body and the ground because that arm is there to break their fall.

[@damianmchugh7284]

Man, I love watching. Your reactions make me laugh so much!! Brilliant.

[@oretho6406]

I'm surprised Howard wasn't anywhere in the video, from the match Belgium - USA in the World Cup of 2014, he survived a barrage of shots, and I believe it was also his last match for the USA before he retired. (Belgian here, and I still remember that match, it spawned a whole bunch of memes back then... 😉)

[@Matias-nm3zw]

11:11 that' Howard bro

[@tlpineapple1]

He managed so many saves, with quite a few of them absolutely incredible. Our team played rather poorly that day and the only reason we survived until that last goal was thanks to Howard. With anyone else the game probably would have ended 4 or 5 to 1 rather then the 2-1 it was. I think it was one of the few games were a loss wasnt blamed on goalie. Even putting aside my American patriotism, his performance in that game was definitely in the top 5 of games ive been alive for.

[@MarkusUbl]

9:00 That was NOT behind the line, because part of the ball was still ON the line. Pretty simple rule: the ball must cross the line completely before it is considered crossed.

[@TheFootballKid77]

there are two boxes: the penalty area (the largest), this is where the defending team gets a penalty if the ball touches their hand in any way and inside of the penalty area the goalkeeper can pick up the ball. The goal area (the smallest), limits where the goalkeeper can put the ball after going out for a goal kick

[@kenichilegend]

There are many things that go unnoticed about saves, like, sometimes it looks like the goalkeeper gently pushed away a shot, but the truth is that the ball is actually pretty hard, hitting it with the head hurts, even if pros do it seemingly without effort. when a forward shots in the goal the keeper must release an explosive burst of strenght to deviate the ball, when they do it with just the fingers you can imagine what kind of pain they go through.

[@angelahawman4263]

Not a great football fan but credit where it's due to all sporting achievements and I like your discovery of it. I like it best when the goalie (that's what we call them in the UK) scores goals, obviously not home goals but when they take the ball all the way to the other end and score. Everybody's got to be impressed.

[@thomasmartyn65]

Hey JT, hope you’re doing well! 😊 my dad used to be a Goalkeeper and played for England a number of times of you want to check out some of his saves etc he’s called Nigel Martyn if you’re interested 😊

[@anglosolo5983]

Good keeper Nigel 👍🏻

[@Bear_on_pawz]

He was a great keeper. Should have got more caps in my opinion.

[@luizmatte4345]

We can only move forward

[@martief1st]

I played a goalkeeper as a kid. It was great cause no one else wanted to do it! I quickly became a 1st stringer on my team and I was pretty damm good! I received just as many cheers from the stands as the strikers would.

[@obi-kenkenobi4346]

I've actually been a football fan for some time (Chelsea), but I enjoy watching your journey towards becoming a fan man. Appreciate your honest reactions to things.

[@enzedpcs2]

Do a search on Gorge Best, not a goal keeper but the best attacker ever, unfortunately he had his problems in later life.

[@steveglufc]

He was famous for being quoted as saying he spent most of his money on women and alcohol……. The rest he wasted!

[@TheMongolat]

You need to watch a David De Gea saves-compilation. He's a freakin panther!

[@bugofcake]

Big respect for calling it Football

[@allomax1311]

im not a fan of reaction videos but .... im impressed by how much effiort you have put in to understanding a sport that most Americas won't give the time of day. Liked and subscribed. Give Football a chance and the subtle nuances and moments of joy, drama, despair, elation, anxiety, relief and all other emotions inbetween might just change you view of the sport.

[@jgreen2015]

My number one fear being a goalkeeper was diving at people's feet and getting a swift kick to the face. But there's really nothing like being mid air, fully stretched, and watching a ball fly through the air towards you. It's like time slows down. The noise of the game fades away. And just as you come crashing to the ground everything suddenly kicks into normal speed.

[@rufus1346]

And having to wear a skull cap for the rest of your footballing carrier. Petr Ceck comes to mind.

[@matthewdearsley123]

Lots of keepers come out to narrow the angle. Allison of Liverpool is probably the best in the world at it.

[@rondonalves2897]

at 2:50, one of the most importants saves in the history of football. This play happened in the Worlc Cup final 2010, when there was just extra 10 minutes, and Holand-Spain 0-0, and both teams had never won the world cup. So, Spain goalkeeper castila saved this goal and minutes after they scored against holand in order to win their first World Cup Trophy. Do you imagine how important it was?

[@diabloajax9884]

At 2:40, this in the World Cup final in 2010, it was a World Cup winning save from Spain keeper Casillas in Spain vs Netherlands. He wasn’t in the most terrible position, he actually was I the best position while being so far away from the goal. When it’s a striker vs goalkeeper 1 on 1 situation the goalkeeper has to move from his goal and make as much ground. Being so far from the goal makes it harder for the striker to score, the goal gets “smaller” the further away the goalkeeper is from his goal. If you don’t understand there you can try it yourself. Just open a random door in your house. Put in the middle of the doorway a small box. After outing the box walk 10 steps away from the door, take a ball and try to roll the ball through the doorway, it should be easy to do. Now you take the box, walk 5 steps back and place the box. Take another 5 steps (so you complete the 10 steps again) and try to roll the ball trough the doorway again, you’ll notice that rolling the ball trough the doorway just became significantly harder to do. Even though the doorway stayed the same, it got smaller for you to roll the ball through it. This is exactly the same as the goalkeeper does while being so far away from the goal. I can go on and on but I think you get what I mean.

[@isaacmm1407]

That video is SICK! those keepers have feline reflexes. Love your video and reactions I see myself enjoying as much as you do such amazing skills!!! I play as keeper and you need to have a couple of screws loose in your head to take on the challenge, is exciting! Cheers!

[@bigbirdmotivations7082]

Edouard Mendy's save against Sadio Mane was the best save I've seen in a while, not only were his reflexes fast as hell, but he had enough power in his hand for the ball to go over the goal from the ground literally, I don't know if I've explained that save well, heck then again, it's a save you can't explain... it's a save that doesn't get talked about

[@dev0nSA1nt]

2:50 It's always the best idea to come away from the goal when there's an attack- it closes up the angle for the striker, but if you're stood on your line you will have to dive much further/higher to save the ball. Keepers should come out towards the striker before the striker shoots to try to intercept the ball away from danger. Great video!!

[@abhishektyagi2128]

It's actually preferred for a goalkeeper to get as close as possible to the striker. It's to close the angle and not give him the space to shoot. If the keeper is away from the striker, the striker can place the ball far away from the keeper. If he's closer, it's harder to score since you don't have an angle to get the ball past the goalkeeper. Goalkeeping is mostly about positioning and reflexes.

[@TheQwerty256]

Some context on the keeper being so far forward So close to the goal it's worse to be far away from the player, because your giving them more space to aim for (Specially for players famous for their strong kick) So keepers try to close in on the limiting both their reaction and how much of the goal is aimable for

[@ZeBoy85]

“Do you have a wrist band? no? you’re not getting in” Great commentary!

[@mischake]

That final goalie had me xD

[@iodainsoneoficial]

Great vid! Football is magic!

[@TheOwlinbayern]

@9:35... so happy to see this save in amongst all the modern stuff. Gordon Banks legend!

[@rosscooper3889]

As a former Goalkeeper let me assure you that not one of my fingers is straight, and that's from making multitudinous fingertip saves. I was born in the U.K. and taught myself Goalkeeping by watching tons of live matches, and playing goalkeeper to the ongoing action. It also helped that my extended family were Greek footballers so throughout the 1980's at family picnics they would thoroughly test my skills as I was teaching myself. Unfortunately football in the U.S. at the time of my youth was really in it's infancy so I didn't continue into High School and above Goalkeeping but I have many stories of bloodied and scraped arms and other limbs from playing street football in Northern Ireland with my mates!

[@Solitarius]

Your reaction _" wait that was in"_ says it all about you.... You are truly a future soccer fan.

[@elyfel1183]

1 - For the Ball to be a Goal, it must completely pass the line. (just like the out of bounds, it must fully pass the line) 2 - Goalies may touch the ball within the large penalty area, the exception being when their teammate passes them the ball. 3 - No other player may touch the ball with their hands and arms (if your arms are not opened away from your body, you get away with the accidental tap) 4 - The goalie who was forward (Iker Casillas) was in the optimal position to cover most of the scoring line... he is only vulnerable to a chip-shot, but otherwise a great position. 5 - 14:12 That was Rene Higuita... he is insane... literally, madman was his nickname... he scored over 40 goals (on the opponent) in his career... as a Goalie.

[@maithfull]

football is that slow buildup for the most part and then you have the insane plays that make all the wait worth it

[@Christine-jg2ch]

The beautiful game! Can’t wait for next season to start even though my team is rubbish 😂

[@tobyk.4911]

2:50 If you think that the goalie was in a terrible position and much too far away from his goal ... just watch "Manuel Neuer vs. Algeria highlights" - for some nice examples what "far away from his own goal" can be

[@donaldomahoney1774]

Two of the most iconic saves ever in football occurred in the 1970's .... firstly Gordon Banks for England against Brazil and the great Pele ... and secondly Jim Montgomery for Sunderland v Leeds United in the 1973 fa cup final ... two of the greatest ever saves

[@TheFootballKid77]

8:29 the ball is out of play/a goal only if NONE of the ball appears to be overlapping the line when viewed from above

[@-.-_-.-_-.-_-.-_-.-_-.-_-]

The players can only hit the ball with their arms or hands if it's glued to their body, but if your arms are extended oitwars it doesn't matter if it's an accident or not

[@nilsb.3115]

to be an outstanding goalie you need to combine the best aspects of both madness and craziness in you :-) you need to play all-in every single time... keep reacting, it's great to see someone develop the enthusiasm and respect for that beautiful game!!

[@jesuscazarez5737]

Yo that last one was crazy 😂😂😂💀💀💀

[@m0skit0]

2:49 Usually goalkeepers will go out in 1 on 1 situations to make themselves bigger in comparison to the goal (since they are closer to the attacker than the goal). This technique was popularized by Lev Yashin (among several others). 4:10 With the new rules if your hand is separated from your body, then it's a hand foul, no matter if it's accidental or not. This is to avoid any misinterpretation about intentionality. Also with their hands behind their back they make sure there's no room for any hand foul whatsoever (which would result in a red card and a penalty kick in this case). 8:14 Exactly, positioning is key. You can tell you start to understand football when you start noticing these kind of things ;) 9:00 The line itself is not considered part of the goal (it's level with the posts) so the WHOLE ball has to be inside the goal for it to be considered as a goal.

[@panamafloyd1469]

Everybody else has mentioned there's no "breaking the plane" in soccer. "Cutting down the angle", too. I can add a couple of things, though. A goalkeeper's job isn't just to keep the ball out of the net. He also pretty much runs the defense. You know how in American Football (I'm in the US - played when i was young), the Safety, DBs, and sometimes even a linebacker can shout out a defensive shift? In soccer, since the ball keeps moving, a lot of the other defenders don't have a lot of time to look around. The GK is sometimes the only one who sees how the offense is attacking, because he's so far back and sees the whole thing coming for him. And in soccer, you really don't shift sides of the field, you shift your coverage. Zone coverage on the side without the ball, Man-to-man on the side where it is. We call MtM defense "marking". On a broadcast, if the camera shots & field mics are good enough (and in the stadium, if your seats are good enough.. 🤣), you can see the Keeper pointing at and yelling "MARK HIM!!" at his defenders. So stoked to see another American discover the game! I saw it on TV when I was about 15yrs old. "WTF is that?!? I wanna do *that*."

[@t4ngen7]

Keepers live and die by: 1. Positioning 2. Reflexes 3. Reach/stretch (height + athleticism) When you said St. Ikr was "in a bad position being so far from goal" when he stopped Robben's shot, it was exactly _because_ of his excellent positioning that he did. In a 1v1, best thing is for a keeper to come out and close the gap. This "makes the goal smaller" in the same way as you'd imagine the shadow on the goal a keeper would cast would get bigger as he moved out of the goal and closer to a light stationed where the attacker is.

[@KingKing-cz6xh]

The goalkeeper actually rushes the attacker to close the angles of the shot. If the keeper stays at the line a bigger area of the goal is exposed