06-12-2014, 05:31 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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Originally Posted by AlexB
Although that does get given 99 times out of 100, it wasn't actually a foul this time. Olic didn't jump into the keeper, he jumped straight up. He didn't put his arms between the keeper's arm to distract the catch, or his hands on the keeper at all. He just got up first before the keeper.
But GKs are similar to QBs in getting over protected, and unfortunately in that instance it's not the decision that is controversial, it's the fact that basically any challenge on a keeper when both are jumping is deemed to be a foul.
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Definitely.
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