Petr Cech unimpressed with Penalty rules for Goalkeepers


Petr Cech unimpressed with Penalty rules for Goalkeepers

Petr Cech, one of the best goalkeepers of his time, took to his online instagram handle to show his dissatisfaction regarding the retaking of penalties when goalkeepers fail to keep one foot on the line caused by VAR.

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The incident which sparked his off occurred in the game between West Ham and Leeds when VAR ordered a retake of the penalty which was initially saved by Lucas Fabianski. However images showed a fraction of his foot was beyond the line and a retake was ordered which Kilch slotted in to give Leeds the lead.

Petr Cech speaks on penalty regulations


Cech posted a screenshot on Instagram showing Fabianski’s left heel almost on the goalline as the ball is struck. The goalkeeping great – now a coach at Chelsea – argued that given the size of a goal and the speed of an average shot, keepers were being given an impossible task.


How is any goalkeeper supposed to cover an area of 7m 32cm by 2m 44cm without any foot movement,” Cech began, “while the players shoot from 12 yards with average speed of 70mph, which takes the ball 0.35 seconds to cross the goal line, is beyond my understanding.”

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He also seemed to provide a solution to this problem to give the keepers a fair chance in penalty kicks.


“It is easy to criticise without giving any solution so here it is: Can the referee just make a second line four feet from the goalline using the spray and the penalty has to be saved in between?”

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