I'll admit that I've not played the game to any appreciable level, nor coached a side in my life. But I've watched a bit of the game in my time, and I can't think why this (below) is daft, or why I've never seen it.
When the attacking team, 1 down with barely minutes to go, gets a free kick outside the box, in Beckham/Ronaldo/Juninho territory, why do the defending team habitually form a wall just ten yards away, inviting the inevitable curling shot over them and into the net past an exasperated helpless keeper, as opposed to just standing en masse in the goal mouth? Eleven players across eight yards would only have to cover about two feet each. They could just stay there still the ball's eventually hit at them, it would be virtually impossible to get it in.
This is a daft question, isn't it, but I've never seen any team employ any such tactic, and I just wonder why. Has anyone ever tried it, and is that because it's been proved not to work?
When the attacking team, 1 down with barely minutes to go, gets a free kick outside the box, in Beckham/Ronaldo/Juninho territory, why do the defending team habitually form a wall just ten yards away, inviting the inevitable curling shot over them and into the net past an exasperated helpless keeper, as opposed to just standing en masse in the goal mouth? Eleven players across eight yards would only have to cover about two feet each. They could just stay there still the ball's eventually hit at them, it would be virtually impossible to get it in.
This is a daft question, isn't it, but I've never seen any team employ any such tactic, and I just wonder why. Has anyone ever tried it, and is that because it's been proved not to work?
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