by Leody » Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:27 pm
Because I'm a keeper, I know what Mandanda is doing... he's closing the angle and making himself as big as he can. That done, all he's left to do is hope the attacker hits him with the shot. Mandanda isn't reacting to anything, he just got lucky and Theo messed up...
A good finisher knows this and slots the ball outside the area he keeper can cover, knows the side the keeper likes to dive to and takes advantage.
Edit: watched it again just now, wasn't exactly like I remember... Manadana was farther away than I remembered and did react. The shot was still was well inside the post though, could have put that a foot or two farther away from Mandanda and still been inside the near post, leaving him with no chance to save it.
And another thing Forest... I'm not easily impressed by keepers. Just my nature. I play the position, have done for some time. You'll almost never hear me say anything about a great save 1 on 1 or for a penalty. Because saves in those situations are 75% luck. The onus is almost completely on the attacker, and a good attacker leaves the keeper with no chance at all of saving them.
This space used to be more fun...