{"id":515531,"date":"2022-11-24T23:21:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T20:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-players-lie-down-to-defend-free-kicks-video\/"},"modified":"2022-11-24T23:21:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T20:21:53","slug":"why-players-lie-down-to-defend-free-kicks-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-players-lie-down-to-defend-free-kicks-video\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why players lie down to defend free kicks [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f7813a5e8d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f7813a5e8d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-players-lie-down-to-defend-free-kicks-video\/#Why_players_lie_down_to_defend_free_kicks_Video\" >Why players lie down to defend free kicks [Video]<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-players-lie-down-to-defend-free-kicks-video\/#The_evolution_of_free_kicks_and_walls\" >The evolution of free kicks and walls<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-players-lie-down-to-defend-free-kicks-video\/#The_origins_and_history_of_lying_down\" >The origins and history of lying down<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_players_lie_down_to_defend_free_kicks_Video\"><\/span>Why players lie down to defend free kicks [Video]<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>DOHA, Qatar \u2014 As Brazilian star Neymar lined up a dangerous free kick on Thursday in his team\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/world-cup\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:2022 World Cup\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">2022 World Cup<\/a> opener, one of his Serbian opponents, Andrija Zivkovi\u0107, did something that, to the untrained eye, seemed curious. He lowered himself to the grass, and turned his back to the ball, and just lay there, as if to fall asleep.<\/p>\n<p>But he was not the first, nor will he be the last player to go prone defending a free kick. The ploy has spread throughout European soccer in recent years to counteract the sport\u2019s dead-ball wizards. After decades of curling free kicks <em>over<\/em> walls, some began to sneak shots <em>under<\/em> a jumping wall. So defending teams began cleverly walling off that low route as well.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_evolution_of_free_kicks_and_walls\"><\/span><strong>The evolution of free kicks and walls<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This back-and-forth evolutionary cycle began decades ago. Ever since 1913, defending players have been required to stand at least 10 yards away from the spot of any free kick. For the better part of a century, soccer teams of all kinds have lined up multiple players in a \u201cwall\u201d 10 yards away \u2014 often to cover the near side of the goal, while the goalkeeper covers the far side.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1980s, or thereabouts, free-kick takers began going up and over the wall \u2014 so defenders began jumping to add a couple feet to the wall\u2019s height. Once jumping became commonplace, some legends of the sport concocted a new plan. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bTGKx_ASym0\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rivaldo went under AC Milan\u2019s wall for his first goal of a Champions League hat trick in 2000\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Rivaldo went under AC Milan\u2019s wall for his first goal of a Champions League hat trick in 2000<\/a>. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampionsLeague\/status\/1335263664245514242\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ronaldinho did it in 2006 against Wolfsburg\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Ronaldinho did it in 2006 against Wolfsburg<\/a>. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Le7djCa7oCY\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lionel Messi has done it three times\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Lionel Messi has done it three times<\/a>. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_i_K9J9f2Xc\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cristiano Ronaldo did it for Manchester United\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Cristiano Ronaldo did it for Manchester United<\/a> in the Premier League, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wv8-QnT62jE?t=156\" data-ylk=\"slk:again for Real Madrid\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">again for Real Madrid<\/a> en route to a Champions League title.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-iframe-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"caas-iframe youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\" data-type=\"youtube\">\n<blockquote data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/c3vF6U_NTig?rel=0\" scrolling=\"no\"><p><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/c3vF6U_NTig?rel=0\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The simple solution would be for the wall to stay grounded. But up and over the wall remained the preferred route. Countless curlers and dippers have been blocked by a leaping wall \u2014 or could have been blocked by a wall that stayed put. For years, defending them became a guessing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>, boiled down into a flawed choice: Either jump, or don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_origins_and_history_of_lying_down\"><\/span><strong>The origins and history of lying down<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>But last decade, the seeds for a solution were planted in Brazil. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U4UwS_BQ14M&amp;t=144s\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ronaldinho brought under-wall free kicks to his homeland\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Ronaldinho brought under-wall free kicks to his homeland<\/a>. A couple years later, Ricardinho, a journeyman midfielder on loan at Figuerense, went <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the42.ie\/defender-lies-behind-wall-free-kick-video-1004920-Jul2013\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:semi-viral\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">semi-viral<\/a> when he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kOSpWkHWhh0\" data-ylk=\"slk:stood behind the wall, then dropped to the ground\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">stood behind the wall, then dropped to the ground<\/a> as Palmeiras playmaker Jorge Valdivia took aim from 20 yards. Valdivia tried to go over the wall, but teammates and television viewers noticed, and recognized Ricardinho\u2019s genius.<\/p>\n<p>The tactic slowly caught on in South America, and the natural forces of innovation refined it. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v0_P5jjJ9xY\" data-ylk=\"slk:By 2014, some defenders had gone fully prone\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">By 2014, some defenders had gone fully prone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By 2017, it had migrated to Europe \u2014 albeit sparingly, and in varying forms. Some players would (and still do) kneel rather than lie down. (Going horizontal allows for more complete coverage, but could leave a player slightly more vulnerable to injury or slightly slower to react to a set play.)<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Inter Milan\u2019s Marcelo Brozovic famously slid into position behind the wall as Luis Suarez tried to go under it:<\/p>\n<p>By last season, the tactic had become almost universal. Some defenders have even dragged teammates into position by the neck:<\/p>\n<p>Qatar 2022, though, is the first World Cup at which it\u2019s ubiquitous.<\/p>\n<p>The spread has largely banished under-the-wall free-kick goals to the past. There is, for now, no downside to lying behind the wall \u2014 until a savvy coach or player devises a set play to take advantage of it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 794px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:64%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Brazil&amp;#39;s forward #10 Neymar (L) takes a free kick during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group G football match between Brazil and Serbia at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on November 24, 2022. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS \/ AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS\/AFP via Getty Images)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Pd4dRtsiMyPAl4XwAZ34Lw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD03OTQ-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_yahoo_sports_800\/5fdf395bd356c850e992aa38fcc0295f\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brazil&amp;#39;s forward #10 Neymar (L) takes a free kick during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group G football match between Brazil and Serbia at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on November 24, 2022. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS \/ AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS\/AFP via Getty Images)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Pd4dRtsiMyPAl4XwAZ34Lw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD03OTQ-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_yahoo_sports_800\/5fdf395bd356c850e992aa38fcc0295f\" class=\"caas-img\"><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Brazil&#8217;s forward #10 Neymar (L) takes a free kick during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group G football match between Brazil and Serbia at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on November 24, 2022. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS \/ AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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