Players lying down behind the wall on free kicks

[city saint]

is it a waste of a defensive player.i have only ever seen a couple of goals go under the wall so surely it would make more sense to have him mark someone

 

[MeatHunterrr]

Juventus got knocked out of the Champions League by Porto because they did not have anyone laying down.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Kevins fault.

 

[citizen_maine]

Chicken and egg thing. Players no longer shoot under the wall, because there's now a player blocking the option

 

[yeseye]

They should pile on him when he lies down
‘Piiiiiiiiiiiile on’

 

[kun]

is it a waste of a defensive player.i have only ever seen a couple of goals go under the wall so surely it would make more sense to have him mark someone

Kevin de Bruyne has done it a couple of times alone.
Messi, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Coutinho, Alonso, Neymar, Rivaldo, Oliveira, Cazorla etc. all done it.
I think it is (or would be if players hadn't started lying behind the wall) more common than you think.

 

[Vienna_70]

Kevin's fault.

I was about to post that.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

 

[bluenova]

is it a waste of a defensive player.i have only ever seen a couple of goals go under the wall so surely it would make more sense to have him mark someone

Considering only 1 in 20 free kicks are scored in the Premier League, I'm amazed teams don't take more advantage of being able to bypass 5/6 players in one go, and play around the wall.

 

[The perfect fumble]

No one does it quite like us ;-)