Goalkeeper : All The Best Free Flash Games Relating To Goalkeeper

The goalkeeper is, in many team sports, the last defense player facing the other team's attackers. Usually, he has to remain totally focused on everything happening during the entire game, even if the action takes place at the opposite side of the pitch or court.

In some sports, like ice hockey, goalies' equipments are heavy and designed so as to guarantee their safety because of the violent shots they have to stop.

The main difference between a goalkeeper and the rest of his team is the fact that the rules he has to observe are completely different from other players. Indeed, in most cases, rules are simply totally opposite. Let's take the example of soccer: for fielders, it is forbidden to touch the ball with the hands or the arms. On the other side, the goalkeeper can (and must) use them to stop the shootings of attackers.

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Another crucial element which allows people to differentiate them from the rest of their team, in addition to the fact that they must stay close to the goal (goalkeepers...), except of course in the event of a case of force majeure, relies in the fact that they wear different shirts.
The reason for all this is quite simple: it allows the other team's attackers to identify the goalkeeper and to find a strategy so as to score. Playing techniques vary depending on whether the attacker faces the goalkeeper (who can use both hands and feet to stop the ball) or a fielder who can only use his feet and legs!

The importance of the goalkeeper is obvious: he is de facto an essential element in a track meet. Here is one good example of how important they are: in 1984, during the Champions League final between the AS Rome and Liverpool, which ended up with a penalty shootout, Liverpool's win is surely attributable to the team's goalkeeper. Indeed, acting as if he were drunk, he unhinged AS Rome's shooters who only scored 2 times, against 4 for Liverpool!

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