Brilliant

But wouldn't that just make it harder for the free kick taker to score direct?

I reckon you'll concede a lot fewer goals from Direct free kick specialists doing it this way. The attacking team would have to revert to an indirect kick to pass round the keeper. then chaos will ensue!

At the very Least it'll be a spectacle and make it's way into the ch5's funniest football moments.

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"

At first, I thought it was a great shot, but after watching it a few times, Butland really could have done better. I don't know if he could have saved it, but he could have had a better chance at saving it.

The wall gets set up. Butland is standing in the middle of the goal. As the shot is being kicked, for some reason Butland jumps two feet to the right, exposing even more of the left side of the net. WP is aiming for the left side of the net all day long. The ball hits the wall to take some of the pace off it it. Butland suddenly realizes it's going to the left, jumps over and just barely gets his hand on it. The ball goes into the net about 3-4 feet away from the post. It was not in the upper corner.

If Butland hadn't cheated to the right, I think he saves that shot.

But, as someone said, the best thing is not to concede a free kick right at the top of the box, to a team that can only score on plays like that. Usually Luka gives away those fouls, this time it was Hughes. And yes, maybe it shouldn't have been called, but if it's that close, it's too close.

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