Joe Hart Suggests World Cup Ball's Flight Characteristics Are Troubling Goalkeepers
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Steven Chicken
Summary
Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart theorizes that the official match ball used at the World Cup (the "Trionda" or similar Adidas ball) has unusual flight characteristics that are causing goalkeepers to misjudge long-range shots. The article focuses on Kylian Mbappe's goal against Iraq, where the ball beat the keeper despite him getting a hand to it, as another example of this phenomenon. Hart believes there is something different about how the ball moves through the air, making it difficult for goalkeepers to save shots that appear to be at a comfortable height.
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Twitter / XJoe Hart Suggests World Cup Ball's Flight Characteristics Are Troubling Goalkeepersfourfourtwo.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThere is something up with that football
Kylian Mbappe's shot from just outside the box beat Ahmed Basil, despite the keeper getting a hand to it
It wouldn't be a World Cup unless there were goalkeepers complaining about the flight of the ball
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