Jul 27, 2012
Perfectly timed bicycle kick stops the ball inches before crossing the goal line
Bacary Sagna in 2008 making a save with no seconds or inches to spare…
And here’s the view from the side…
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Actually the goalkeeper is not allowed to take the ball with his hands if his own player passes it to him. So technically this should have been a penalty shot.
The penalty for a back-pass as an indirect free kick. This is no back-pass because Sagna doesn’t intentionally pass it to the keeper.
I’m a high school soccer referee. The rule specifically states the ball must be intentionally played by a player off his foot directly back to his own goalkeeper. Ray is correct, this is not a violation of the passback rule.
Who gives a crap That was freakin’ amazing!