The goalie’s statue in the box is special. You need to treat the box as goalie’s home. Other players

Author: Eli (9685 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 4:22 pm on Jun 30, 2026

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are his guests. In the box goalie can initiate contact to guard his home if you’re in his way and his move is truly defending the goal. You have to give goalie room for him to perform. You can’t treat him same as other players. You can’t treat the box same as other parts of the pitch. If you think this way, it’s a good call to disallow that goal.

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Replies to: “The goalie’s statue in the box is special. You need to treat the box as goalie’s home. Other players”

Germany got hosed in regulation Terrific injustice. - Hensou - 11:36pm 6/29/26 (14) [View All]
- Bad call. The goalie initiated then threw himself on the ground. [NT] - LanceManion - 1:31pm 6/30/26
  - The goalie’s statue in the box is special. You need to treat the box as goalie’s home. Other players - Eli - 4:22pm 6/30/26
- 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
      - They got it wrong. [NT] [LINK] - Hensou - 10:28am 6/30/26
        
        Their comments were before VAR verdict and the most important is they were ex English league players [LINK] - Eli - 4:32pm 6/30/26
        
        That is utterly illogical. - Hensou - 5:37pm 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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