Ballsy bringing on Krul.
Or, it might actually not just be ballsy, but also kinda dumb. If you brought on a fresh striker or mid you may well have won it without needing a penalty shootout.
The Quarter Finals
Anyone else notice Krul warming up with the GK coach with the counting down and pointing one way and Krul having to react?
I saw that UG! Immediately clicked that he was going to bring him on for the shootout.
Tbf it's a gamble and it paid off big time. A moment that will be remembered for years to come as well i suspect.
Ballsy bringing on Krul.
Or, it might actually not just be ballsy, but also kinda dumb. If you brought on a fresh striker or mid you may well have won it without needing a penalty shootout.
He put on Huntelaar to do exactly that.
Ballsy bringing on Krul.
Or, it might actually not just be ballsy, but also kinda dumb. If you brought on a fresh striker or mid you may well have won it without needing a penalty shootout.
He put on Huntelaar to do exactly that.
Edit: So I guess not so much dumb as very unusual and risky to not use all your subs on outfield players in 120 minutes of knockout football in hot and humid conditions.
Ballsy bringing on Krul.
Or, it might actually not just be ballsy, but also kinda dumb. If you brought on a fresh striker or mid you may well have won it without needing a penalty shootout.
He put on Huntelaar to do exactly that.
Edit: So I guess not so much dumb as very unusual and risky to not use all your subs on outfield players in 120 minutes of knockout football in hot and humid conditions.
As it came off he is a hero but perhaps might have been different had it not. Great to see the keeper being taken off with his arms around Krul as he was being subbed. Not sure I would have done that.
Would it be worth learning a few words of an opponent's language, in order to confuse them or ask for the ball when they weren't looking?
Would it be worth learning a few words of an opponent's language, in order to confuse them or ask for the ball when they weren't looking?
It seems that Tim Krul was actually telling the Colombian strikers "Yo sé a dónde va a patearlo".
When did he get the chance to speak to the Colombian strikers?
When he was standing on the penalty spot ?
He'd have had to shout very loudly for the Colombians to hear...
It's a fairly long way from Salvador to Bogota.
Good preparation is everything:
Well if they were Colombian strikers, that explains why they kicked it where he could save it