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Hazard never smashes his penalties yet he seems to score them all.
I know what you mean. But if the keeper knows your pens, reads you're going for a corner and steals a yard off the line like they usually do, then the pen has to be very hard and accurate or he most probably gets something on it. De Gea will have studied Aubas pens before the match and he half flung himself to his left thinking Auba was going more conventional... More are trying to put it very high these days, I think. Seen some incredible pens under pressure lately.I don't know where the art of putting the ball at the extreme ends has disappeared. Everyone is trying to be cheeky nowadays
Lloris really stood up so long and outwaited Auba. Auba and Hazard’s technique is all about making the goal keeper move first. Perhaps it was a mistake to do the same technique twice against Lloris, not so long after the last time. He learned from that one.Hazard never smashes his penalties yet he seems to score them all.
what? 15 cm difference won't change the perception of keeper and ball that much.Hazard has the added advantage of being small, he can see the ball and look at the goalkeeper at the same time.
I don't know where the art of putting the ball at the extreme ends has disappeared. Everyone is trying to be cheeky nowadays
I was in the stadium. I wished I was able to flick the channel as soon as Laca handed it to Auba, but the guy looked so much more confident than last week, I couldn't take my eyes off it.I think he's just going all-in on the dummy, so feels it doesn't matter how hard he hits it. Not my cup of tea tbh, and I hate watching him take pens. I couldn't look yesterday. I turned over, flicked back 5 minutes later and squinted at the top left corner of the screen to see if the shape of the one changed to a squiggly shape of a two... As you do. It'd have broken me had he missed.
Favourite video on the psychology of penalty taking. The way he did it is the best style.
Picking a side and blasting it is way riskier than his method.
He just has to be brave and not take his eyes off the keeper like he did last week.
He can look at the goalkeeper and see the ball at the same time longer than Auba. Might seem a small difference but it’s a huge one for Hazard.what? 15 cm difference won't change the perception of keeper and ball that much.
I suppose I am small and in life I have only really seen the limitations of being small and not considered the other way around.He can look at the goalkeeper and see the ball at the same time longer than Auba. Might seem a small difference but it’s a huge one for Hazard.
Few years ago in PL, there was that Burnley fullback who shot penalties and never missed any. He didn't use such clever techniques, just the good ol' pick your corner and smash it hard.
On penalty shootouts, the World Cup final in 2006 was fantastic, all penalties were shot with powerful accuracy.
Only Trezeguet flinched and France were out.
give me a 50 year old Recoba to take a pen anyday of the week over Hazard or anyone else playing today
give me a 50 year old Recoba to take a pen anyday of the week over Hazard or anyone else playing today
How many has Cazorla missed?give me a 50 year old Recoba to take a pen anyday of the week over Hazard or anyone else playing today
Where have you been?
Penalty GOAT.
33 scored, 4 missed. Actually ridiculous considering he's a terrible goal scorer otherwise
also not a bad freekick taker.give me a 50 year old Recoba to take a pen anyday of the week over Hazard or anyone else playing today
I don't think anyone has called him useless have they. He's having a bad patch currently, which he's fixing tomorrow btw.
But he's useless and not a top striker, right.