Yaya's Goal - Was It Really "Out Of Nowhere"?

[supercity88]

If you hit a ball from 18 yards rather than 35, it stands to reason it's going to be a lot faster as it has less air friction .

Yaya's effort was as much about trajectory though. The arc of the ball makes it impossible to save, same as his free kicks. It's a fantastic technique & some of our other players should be trying to learn it from him.

Apparently Nasri is the one that taught him it, maybe he should be shooting more?

I think they all should.

If you look at how deep teams like Sunderland are defending against us, I think actually finding a free man to take a shot should be the number one priority, rather than looking at crossing or passing through it as a first objective.

When we defended like that at Real Madrid, they just kept hammering the ball in & we went pretty much to pieces because of it because we had to come out to try & stop the shots, on another day could have conceded ten. When we parked the bus v Barca however, they tried to flick their way through & created absolutely nothing until Demich went walkabout.

If we played like that v Bayern, it would most likely be a 20/25 yarder from Robben etc which causes the first goal.

We have a whole bunch of players who can shoot, but don't seem to be looking for a shooting opportunity. We just do it when we can't think of anything else.

Totally agree, we may miss but the team should be told to shoot from distance against teams that sit deep. If they drill the ball low and hard anything can happen - a corner, a deflection, a goal... either way it can lead to a less rigid defence and more space. It makes the opposition have to close down players rather than defend the ball in behind and that therefore leads to more space elsewhere on the pitch.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Apparently Nasri is the one that taught him it, maybe he should be shooting more?

I think they all should.

If you look at how deep teams like Sunderland are defending against us, I think actually finding a free man to take a shot should be the number one priority, rather than looking at crossing or passing through it as a first objective.

When we defended like that at Real Madrid, they just kept hammering the ball in & we went pretty much to pieces because of it because we had to come out to try & stop the shots, on another day could have conceded ten. When we parked the bus v Barca however, they tried to flick their way through & created absolutely nothing until Demich went walkabout.

If we played like that v Bayern, it would most likely be a 20/25 yarder from Robben etc which causes the first goal.

We have a whole bunch of players who can shoot, but don't seem to be looking for a shooting opportunity. We just do it when we can't think of anything else.

Totally agree, we may miss but the team should be told to shoot from distance against teams that sit deep. If they drill the ball low and hard anything can happen - a corner, a deflection, a goal... either way it can lead to a less rigid defence and more space. It makes the opposition have to close down players rather than defend the ball in behind and that therefore leads to more space elsewhere on the pitch.

That's it in a nutshell. The shot itself doesn't even have to go in, it can hit a defender or even the keeper & still end in a goal. And if they are worried about us shooting, they can't hold a line in their own box, they have to come out at the ball, thus Silva etc can then move into the space created behind & do their stuff.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

It was like a fucking Tomahawk; devastating.

 

[Balti]

It was like a fucking Tomahawk; devastating.

Totally lol

 

[domination]

He tried it in the other games. Definitely been working on it.