In English Professional Football. Can the Penalty Taker stop just before hittig ball?
motman asked:
When a Penalty is taken in an English professional football match, I always thought that the player taking the Penalty could not stop in his run-up, until he actually struck the ball.
Am I correct?
Alexander
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When a Penalty is taken in an English professional football match, I always thought that the player taking the Penalty could not stop in his run-up, until he actually struck the ball.
Am I correct?
Alexander
October 26th, 2011 at 12:59 am
Alexis
I dont know for english football but i know for spanish football you cant stop…/
October 28th, 2011 at 1:40 am
Tyler
You cant fake the shot.
You can stagger the run up but you can’t pretend to shoot to see which way the keeper goes. You must hit the ball in one swing.
October 29th, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Gabriella
Yes it is perfectly legal, it is one good way to trick a goalkeeper.
October 30th, 2011 at 1:51 pm
David
Yeah they can, Ronaldo did it in the CL final against Chelsea and missed, I think he just bottled it though.
I think the same goes for EPL matches as well..
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:23 am
Joseph
yes i always do this especially against kids as i always like to win.
So yes Alan says you can.
November 4th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
William
No, and referees that allow them to are wrong.
November 6th, 2011 at 9:42 am
Sophia
The law for taking penalties is the same all over the world. You are not allowed a ‘full-stop’ before contacting the ball. However, introduced in Brazil many years ago, the ‘stutter run-up’ has taken hold in all countries where South American influence is evident.
I rarely agree with Sepp Blatter, but I am with him on this one when he says if it was up to him, he would ban the ‘stutter-step’ action, but it is a decision that has to be taken by a committee as a whole and so far, like goal-line technology and other proposals, is very much in limbo.
I think a goalkeeper’s job at a penalty is hard enough (providing the kicker is up to the task) without having to second guess over the period of a mere fraction of a second.
November 7th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Owen
yid he did not bottle it it just so happened that Chelsea had hired someone to analyse the united penalty kickers. From the information that they were given if Ronaldo did the stuttered run up he put it at a certain height one way. He would put it the other way if he did a normal run up. Also he did an evaluation on van Der Sar at penalties. Anelka was the one that really bottled it in that shootout.
November 9th, 2011 at 2:32 am
Sofia
Like cristiano ? it is legal. But rumor is going on that it will be made illegal by officially.
November 10th, 2011 at 5:46 pm
Gavin
Like Cristiano Ronaldo is perfectly legal.