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Agree with both those points.
It's been said for years but the goal sizes being the same are a joke as well. Make women keepers look inept when the reality is they will never be physically big or agile enough to fill the space.
See: Chelsea's first goal. Good strike from range, but the ball literally just goes straight over the top of the City keeper and there's nothing she can do save from spending the whole game literally stood on her goal line. That shot was directly at her, just over the top of her maximum reach, and yet not over the top of the crossbar (there was some dip).
For a male keeper that's a regulation tip over the bar.
It's been said for years but the goal sizes being the same are a joke as well. Make women keepers look inept when the reality is they will never be physically big or agile enough to fill the space.
See: Chelsea's first goal. Good strike from range, but the ball literally just goes straight over the top of the City keeper and there's nothing she can do save from spending the whole game literally stood on her goal line. That shot was directly at her, just over the top of her maximum reach, and yet not over the top of the crossbar (there was some dip).
For a male keeper that's a regulation tip over the bar.