A bit more about this. Quite often attacking team in the box focus on goalie, not the ball. They

Author: Eli (9679 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 2:06 am on Jun 30, 2026

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target goalie, not the ball. This rule discourages them to do this. You should focus on the ball, follow the ball, not the goalie. Still many teams are “smart” enough to jam goalies without appearing to violate this rule. Arsenal of EPL was so good at this. They scored a lot of goals this way last season.

Replies to: “A bit more about this. Quite often attacking team in the box focus on goalie, not the ball. They”

Germany got hosed in regulation Terrific injustice. - Hensou - 11:36pm 6/29/26 (9) [View All]
- German fans watching penalty shootout. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 1:31am 6/30/26
- No. It’s a good call exactly because Paraguay goalie initiated contact. It showed and proved - Eli - 1:18am 6/30/26
  - False. Goalie cannot initiate contact then dive. - Hensou - 1:23am 6/30/26
    - A bit more about this. Quite often attacking team in the box focus on goalie, not the ball. They - Eli - 2:06am 6/30/26
    - No. You can’t block goalie from attempting to touch the ball. That’s the rule applied to the box - Eli - 1:33am 6/30/26
- A debatable foul, but not an injustice. - conorlarkin - 11:47pm 6/29/26
  - Would have been an injustice…if Germany was in my final 8… [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 2:09am 6/30/26
  - The goalie clearly initiated the contact then dived. - Hensou - 12:34am 6/30/26
    - * [NT] - Hensou - 12:35am 6/30/26

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