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<blockquote data-quote="ktal" data-source="post: 1931909" data-attributes="member: 745969"><p>That's why they give 30 minutes extra time; to resolve the game on the pitch. But TV broadcasts need predictable end times, so the penalty kicks.</p><p></p><p>As to distance, if you move it back the keeper will be able to wait for the kick before they commit, and score rate would plummet. Knowing that if the keeper moves the way the ball is kicked, it may well be saved, is what makes Penalties pins-and-needles viewing. Know what sucks? Watching the kicker miss the goal entirely...which would happen a lot more often if you moved the ball back.</p><p></p><p>These are world class athletes and the margin for error is already so thin that there were multiple misses and multiple saves in the US-Sweden final. The ball is far enough back that if you don't kick HARD the keeper will get there. That's why there's still misses. It's a knife edge balance already, I think. But you're right, it isn't satisfying the way winning it on the pitch would be. Blame tv.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ktal, post: 1931909, member: 745969"] That's why they give 30 minutes extra time; to resolve the game on the pitch. But TV broadcasts need predictable end times, so the penalty kicks. As to distance, if you move it back the keeper will be able to wait for the kick before they commit, and score rate would plummet. Knowing that if the keeper moves the way the ball is kicked, it may well be saved, is what makes Penalties pins-and-needles viewing. Know what sucks? Watching the kicker miss the goal entirely...which would happen a lot more often if you moved the ball back. These are world class athletes and the margin for error is already so thin that there were multiple misses and multiple saves in the US-Sweden final. The ball is far enough back that if you don't kick HARD the keeper will get there. That's why there's still misses. It's a knife edge balance already, I think. But you're right, it isn't satisfying the way winning it on the pitch would be. Blame tv. [/QUOTE]
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