Archie Mair penalty save v Didsy save yesterday

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Originally Posted by glasgowdave

Hi Guys....I have re-watched it and I'm still sticking to my initial thoughts....whilst the quality of the penalties are quite different, both goalies go to their right early, too far in fact, their left trailing leg goes up( Archie's a lot higher of course) and their trailing left foot stops the ball going in the net. No rebounds allowed in penalty shoot outs but it wouldn't have been a tap in I grant you.
So many similarities IMHO.
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For Mair's, Jeff King smashed it hard and relatively high down the middle. Mair was diving to his right and reacted by sticking his leg up at an unnatural angle. His foot probably wasn't far off head height when it connected with the ball. It wasn't a trailing leg.

They are comparable in that both keepers saved the penalty, but that's about it. Mair's was remarkable, the other one wasn't.