Pau López controls the ball, moves more or less to the halfway line, waits to stare at an opponent and then finds a clear partner.
The image was surprising at the start of the season.
Now it has become commonplace.
And symbolizes well the evolution of the position of goalkeeper: confined to a role of last bastion in the past, the doorman is now also the first raiser of his team.
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A progressive evolution accelerated in recent years
This transformation is the result of several factors.
On the one hand, rule changes that have been in place for several decades, with the impossibility for a goalkeeper to take the ball by hand on a voluntary pass from one of the teammates and with the possibility for an outfield player to enter the surface during a "six meters".
Modifications - especially the first one - which had consequences on the training of the porters.
Rémy Vercoutre, current goalkeeping coach at Olympique Lyonnais, can testify to this: “
I was part of the first…
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