In the soccer World Cup Qatar tournament, penalty kicks were played in five games, including the final match between Argentina and France, and the success of the goalkeeper made the difference between victory and defeat.
Penalty kicks were played in five games in
this tournament
: Japan vs. Croatia
Morocco vs. Spain
in the first round of the finals tournament ,
Croatia vs. Brazil
Netherlands vs. Argentina
in the quarterfinals , and
Argentina vs. France in the
finals .
Croatia's Dominik Rybaković, who defeated Japan in the penalty shootout, Morocco's Yasinu Bunu, who became the first African player to finish in 4th place, and Argentina's Emiliano Martinez, who won the championship, are outstanding goalkeepers. I was.
In all five games, the goalkeeper won first and the team that blocked the opponent's kicker's shot won, and there were many cases where the team that failed to take the kick first made mistakes in the subsequent kickers as well.
It seems that it was important for the goalkeeper to be able to block the shot first, in the sense that it puts a lot of pressure on the opponent's trailing kicker and allows the teammates to take the lead with a sense of security.
At a press conference held on the 12th before the semi-finals, the technical research group of FIFA = the International Football Federation said that the percentage of goalkeepers who prevent penalty kicks has increased significantly from 17% in the previous tournament to 36%, and the penalty kick battle It has been revealed that the presence of goalkeepers has increased numerically, as it has risen from 25% to 34%, including .
