Introduction
Last week I wrote about two penalty shoot outs in the Round of 16 at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
There has been a third, eventful shoot out in the Round of 8 (Game 59, Netherlands v Costa Rica).
The Shoot Out
In the last minute of extra time, the Netherlands’ coach Louis van Gaal replaced goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen with Tim Krul.
There was an explosion of tweets about this decision (see Van Gaal and Tim Krul).
The Guardian Online carried this quote from Louis:
We thought it through. Every player has certain skills and qualities and they don’t always coincide. We felt Tim would be the most appropriate keeper to save penalties. You would have seen that Tim dived to the right corner twice. We’re a tiny bit proud this trick has helped us through.
My record of the shoot out is:
Costa Rica penalties v Tim Krul:
Netherlands penalties v Keylor Navas:
Tim Krul’s Management of the Shoot Out
I noticed two tweets overnight from Simon Gleave:
A couple of things need to be said. Firstly, statistics about Tim Krul not being a penalty killer are irrelevant.It was a psychological move
— Simon Gleave (@SimonGleave) July 5, 2014
and
Secondly he stood up as long as he could for every penalty which is the best strategy for a goalkeeper these days. It worked.
— Simon Gleave (@SimonGleave) July 5, 2014
I am going to write another post about this shoot out. Here I note Tim Krul’s behaviour during the shoot out.
Law 14 states that the goalkeeper ‘must remain on his goal line, facing the kicker, between the goalposts until the ball has been kicked’.
From my view of the broadcast images of the shoot out, Tim Krul spent a good deal of time off his line, some of it in close proximity to the penalty taker.
Law 12 states ‘There is no specific number of infringements which constitutes “persistence” or the presence of a pattern – this is entirely a matter of judgement and must be determined in the context of effective game management.’
In a FIFA news item, Tim is quoted:
I watched them [Costa Rica] against Greece and studied them and I told the players that I knew where they were going to shoot to make them a bit nervous,” the 26-year-old said with a mischievous grin. “Maybe it worked. It happened before when I played against Frank Lampard: I told him that I knew and I saved it. I just tried that again. I’m so happy it worked today.
My records suggest only one of the penalties (Ruiz) was the same as the Greece game. The only time Tim Krul dived to his right was for Christian Bolanos, a player who had not taken a penalty against Greece.
Tim Krul joins Jens Lehmann in elevating penalty shoot outs to a new level.
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