In Belgium's first game of the tournament, there was little to separate the score line between themselves and the Olympic winners, but the talents of Tom Boon were enough to seal the deal. The only goal conceded by Vanasch in between the posts for Belgium as he has been after impressing at the Olympics and in club competition at home, was one for the blooper reels. The embarassing concession was caused by a deflection near the top of the circle after a ball drilled in to the top of the D was latched onto by a free German player. Looking to react on instinct on the angle he was maintaining at the near post, he managed to push the ball away on reflex but in such a way that it bounced back off the springy pitch and through his open body shape for a goal. This could have been avoided by getting the body behind the ball to avoid gaps for the ball to squeak through and bringing the glove over and behind rather than swatting at it. Breaking down the motion to the basic fundamentals of any other glove save near the body, to avoid such embarassing incidents, would be of use.
The goals conceded by Germany were due to decision making and not so world class reactions from the right hand from Jacobi (being extremely critical). The low drag flick wide of his right leg was difficult to deal with when not challenging out far enough, and could have been stopped by an extended dive out with the rhp to cover the area that his attempted split could not reach; the dive giving him that extra reach necessary. This area is obviously pretty popular for drag flickers as the goalkeeper has to decide whether to commit with the leg or dive and glove with the ball that close to the body and any indecision or over thinking can easily go punished. Watching the ball all the way through and punching into the save as done with the left hand, replicated for the right, would have been more pro-active and effiective, versus simply trying to raise the face of the glove in the vain hope of getting behind the high flick from Boon, as he did.
The goals conceded by Germany were due to decision making and not so world class reactions from the right hand from Jacobi (being extremely critical). The low drag flick wide of his right leg was difficult to deal with when not challenging out far enough, and could have been stopped by an extended dive out with the rhp to cover the area that his attempted split could not reach; the dive giving him that extra reach necessary. This area is obviously pretty popular for drag flickers as the goalkeeper has to decide whether to commit with the leg or dive and glove with the ball that close to the body and any indecision or over thinking can easily go punished. Watching the ball all the way through and punching into the save as done with the left hand, replicated for the right, would have been more pro-active and effiective, versus simply trying to raise the face of the glove in the vain hope of getting behind the high flick from Boon, as he did.
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