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redsmetz (07-02-2019)
Weak penalty. Weak.
Edit: Stones. Huge stones.
And....Brexit.
Way to avenge the Intolerable Acts, ladies.
Jolly good show!
That was a super fun game with a little bit of everything. Glad the right team won.
Alex Morgan scoring what is ultimately a game winner and celebrating by pretending to drink tea against England is amazing.
Kingspoint (07-03-2019),M2 (07-02-2019),MWM (07-02-2019)
Thank you USA. The English media hype had become intolerable.
Kingspoint (07-03-2019),M2 (07-02-2019),North (07-03-2019)
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
Why is this a great save? She moves her feet laterally a few steps, and jumps more vertically than horizontally and gets two hands on the ball. Not reaching, not diving horizontal to the ground. she makes the play she needs to, but the shot’s movement was neither deceptive nor powerful.
It's the penultimate save. I see one hand on the ball. In fact, no hands and only four fingers on the lower half of a ball that was shot from 25 yards out. That they scouted for this and she took away the inside shot forcing the shooter to go to the opposite side and high, a perfectly placed shot, she anticipated the shooter going there and had to come all the way across the goal, dive at a 45-degree angle, not horizontally as you say, and have enough strength in her fingers to stop the momentum of the ball enough to prevent it from overpowering her fingers and going into the goal. The only way she could reach the ball was with her perfectly timed steps, leap and stretch, aided by having forced the shot herself to the spot so she could get a great jump on getting to the spot. Kasey Keller probably landed on the floor in amazement.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
Last edited by Kingspoint; 07-03-2019 at 12:43 AM.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
Betterread (07-04-2019)
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