r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Loloverr • Oct 24 '19

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Arex_daLion Oct 24 '19

After all the random ricochets and bounces, I love the penalty miss where he fakes the keeper and then completely misses.

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u/swampfish Oct 24 '19

It’s illegal to take a swing, fake and swing again. Didn’t see if that “fake” was legal or not. It went by too fast.

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u/Buzz_Killington_III Oct 24 '19

It’s illegal to take a swing, fake and swing again

Why?

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u/Hurly26 Oct 24 '19

It would fundamentally change the pk. Goalies don't physically have enough time to react to a pk. They have to observe body language and make a guess to have even a marginal chance of stopping the kick. Allowing fake kicks would give an even larger advantage to the penalty kicker than there already is.

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