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June 25, 2016
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Nice. Switzerland deserved to win that game.
The announcers said stutter steps by the taker on penalty kicks are a yellow card. Since when? Neymar and others have done them often in international competition.
posted by rcade at 02:23 PM on June 25, 2016
Coming to a complete stop during the run up is illegal and warrants a booking, but they're called about as often as foul throw ins. Mostly if the ref is in a bad mood or the "stutter" is especially egregious then he'll order a retake.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 06:43 PM on June 25, 2016
What I heard was that officials have been instructed to pay more attention to that as well as goalies leaving the line early, mostly during shootouts.
posted by billsaysthis at 06:45 PM on June 25, 2016
Recently, I've seen some penalty takers approach the ball with a fun house run up. They mix an exaggerated large slow loping stride in with shorter quicker strides - I guess so the keeper can't lock in to a rhythm and tempo as he prepares to react when the ball is struck.
I don't get to watch much international football, so perhaps this a common technique.
posted by beaverboard at 09:18 PM on June 25, 2016
Shaqiri's kicks don't lie.