Traditional human wall exposes incurable disease fatal free kick Wang Dalei why the bet is lost?

In the just-concluded East Asian Cup, the national soccer team won 2 draws and 1 loss to take the 3rd place.

Such a result is acceptable and even a bit surprising for a team that has recruited a lot of young players. But, what drew more attention after the game was the free kick that Wang Dalei conceded in his final East Asian Cup match against North Korea.

Traditional-style man-wall -- is it sound or too conservative?

It's a well-known fact that goalkeepers will ask their players to build a wall in front of the goal to prevent opponents from taking free kicks that are closer to the goal and from angles that are more conducive to scoring.

Generally speaking, having the wall block the near post and the goalkeeper choosing to defend the far post is the most traditional and conservative way of defending - it's obviously more difficult for the player taking the free kick to go around the wall and hit the ball into the near post than the far post, because it requires the penalty taker to kick a ball that has enough height to go over the wall, and enough drop to go into the goal. It requires the penalty taker to take a difficult free kick with enough height to get over the wall and enough drop to get into the goal.

It could be argued that the traditional wall is an attempt to minimize the goalkeeper's range of movement and to ensure that he or she can hold his or her position.

But if the opponent's free kick is really high quality and goes over the wall to the near post, most of the time, the goalkeeper can only surrender - because the traditional wall actually blocks the goalkeeper's field of vision, so that the goalkeeper can't see the direction of the incoming ball, and he can only react after the ball has gone over the wall.

So blocking such a free kick requires the goalkeeper to have excellent anticipation, as well as enough research on the opponent's goal-scorer -- for example, what percentage of that player's free kicks hit different parts of the goal.

Wang Dalei's goal against North Korea was clearly an error in judgment -- he chose to move toward the near post at the moment of the opponent's shot, and the ball flew into the goal right through his original defensive position.

This is not a penalty kick, Dare originally did not need to move ahead in the case of completely unable to see the direction of the ball - if he stood in the far corner, the ball can basically be pounced on; assuming that the ball is over the wall from the near corner of the fly, also not too much his responsibility.

It could be argued that it was an unnecessary gamble on his part that cost the national soccer team three points.

Yes, he was not primarily responsible for the loss of the ball at the near post, which is the "destiny" of the traditional wall.

Faced with such a free kick, if the goalkeeper is not able to predict the direction of the opponent's attack in the first time when he is blocked by the wall of vision, he can only look at the ball and pray that the opponent shoots the ball into the stands.

Of course, there's more than one way to get over the wall. Sometimes surprise is more useful than a quality free kick:

When you're defending the player who scores the most goals outside the Premier League penalty area, your first reaction is of course to jump and try to block his curling shot. But to your surprise, the ball burrows through your feet and slowly rolls into the goal.

This is another risk of the traditional wall - the penalty taker can capitalize on the gap in the wall's jump and shoot the ball against the ground into the near post. Again, the goalkeeper has no chance of saving against such a clever kick.

But it's clear that the ground ball can only be caught in the wall's jumping moment, making it impossible for him to become a regular scoring tool:

Coutinho, one of the world's best free-kick scorers, has only attempted two ground balls since joining Liverpool, thanks to the wall of opponents who were afraid of his footwork.

Of course, you have the option of planting a hidden mine in the wall.

National football goalkeepers love to use, the benefits of the new wall are what?

In addition to the traditional wall, there is actually another wall that has been written into the textbook:

In the face of a free kick near the center of the field, the wall is divided into two according to the location of the ball, giving the vision to the goalkeeper.

The advantage of such a wall is that the goalkeeper can move directly to the direction of the ball without having to rely on his own judgment. And by standing relatively close to the center of the field, the goalkeeper ensures that he or she can move to either side of the goal without having to give up one side as in a traditional wall.

Compared with the traditional wall, the new wall emphasizes the goalkeeper facing the free kick directly -- a test of his or her basic skills in footwork and diving to save the ball, as opposed to anticipating it.

The main goalkeeper of the national football team, Zeng Cheng, has used such a wall many times in the game:

The face of the right of the center, and the distance of the free kick, Zeng Cheng chose the new wall - even if the opponent chose to arc the ball from the right side of the wall around the wall of the high degree of difficulty in kicking, can see the ball flight path of the Zeng Cheng also made a timely move to complete the save.

It can be said that in the case of goalkeepers who are good enough and have absolute confidence, compared with the traditional style, the new wall can better demonstrate their ability.

But there is no absolute advantage or disadvantage in comparing the two types of walls, as goalkeepers choose the right wall according to their personal habits, the situation on the field and the position of the free kick. The most important thing is not to have a "short-circuit" phenomenon at the critical moment.