Quote (umade @ 16 Feb 2016 23:02)
Committing GAVE him the angle. I understand what you're saying and, say, if it was a 1 on 1 straight on, it's always better to commit and come out. But that far to the side, Cavani cannot possibly shoot the ball into the net unless you give him a hole by coming out and lifting one of your legs.
i think you're blaming the wrong part of his reaction, sry. the WAY he committed gave him the angle, not committing itself. sure, the chance of having at least one leg in the air while rushing towards a player is higher than while pretending to be the 3rd goal post but it's still the right choice - even from that angle...
i'll try to explain what i mean by giving you a realistic everyday scenario:
imagine a terrorist threw a grenade into your kid's room (let me quickly explain why: your kid drew a picture of you eating a banana after not having shaved for 3 weeks - but let's be honest here, your kid isn't exactly van gogh and to the terrorist it looks like a picture of the prophet mohammed sucking a d*ck. so naturally, he decides that the only way to restore justice, honor and peace in this world is to violently murder the kid...) but i digress, back to the situation: you expertly judge that there's not enough time to grab your kid, leave the room and get within a safe distance between you and the grenade, so you choose to just throw it back. unfortunately, you're not exactly *whoever the van gogh of throwing stuff is* and you're understandably a tad unsettled - so you mess up the throw, hit the window frame and the grenade bounces back, right into your kid's bed where it explodes and instantly transforms you and your kid into bloody goo on the wall. would it have landed in the bed without your messed up throw? no, it wouldn't - you're right about that part. were there all sorts of possible (and even more likely) bad outcomes had you decided to do nothing? for sure. was it still the right DECISION trying to throw the grenade back? most definitely! see? that's why goalkeepers commit and rush out. to save innocent children from terrorists, it's really simple. i rest my case...