Thibaut Courtois

[ulvhedin 508]

perfect throw to begin counterattack

[zolayes 14,489]

perfect throw to begin counterattack

was praised in commentary

[Myself 793]

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ahh.. do you think you could find me a bigger .gif of thibaut's 1v1 save please?

[zolayes 14,489]

ahh.. do you think you could find me a bigger .gif of thibaut's 1v1 save please?

It wouldnt fit on the screen ,, he is one BIG BELGIAN BASTARD

[borriske 330]

I can tell you that this is what every single goalkeeping coach tells their players. They make them train this particular scenario again and again and again. More and more strikers are being thought not just 1v1 composure, but to also target the weakest part. In the 1990's, making yourself bigger was the best self defense when you're all alone against an oncoming forward. Sadly a training situation is much different than a real-life situation. 80% of goalkeepers choke, Thibaut showing such tremendous confidence at a young age is a very good sign. If I'm not wrong, it was a similar situation with Messi in the World Cup.

He is arrogant in the right way and its fucking brilliant.

The more I think about it, the more I believe I was wrong in saying it's a simple thing to do. I now believe it's very difficult and risky in it's own way .

This is the key moment because the shot can still go anywhere. As I said before his left foot covers the space between his legs and his left knee his lower left side, but only partially. And this is important because Nugent shot would have passed him into the net had Courtois not stuck his leg out just in time. Had he been the tiniest of fractions slower he would have been too late, and 'szczesny's technique' maybe would have been more succesful here. As you say it's a matter of talent, absolute confidence and most importantly hours of drilling on training to get the timing right (and some luck).

I hope I'm not overanalyzing things here as I'm far from a expert on keeping techniques (or football for that matter )

[Coop 114]

It wouldnt fit on the screen ,, he is one BIG BELGIAN BASTARD

In the local paper (I live in Bilzen, the town he grow up) there was a 1on1 copy of his hand, the hole paper was filled.

If I would get a slap of that I would not remember what my second name would be, a giant hand he has!

[Myself 793]

The more I think about it, the more I believe I was wrong in saying it's a simple thing to do. I now believe it's very difficult and risky in it's own way .

This is the key moment because the shot can still go anywhere. As I said before his left foot covers the space between his legs and his left knee his lower left side, but only partially. And this is important because Nugent shot would have passed him into the net had Courtois not stuck his leg out just in time. Had he been the tiniest of fractions slower he would have been too late, and 'szczesny's technique' maybe would have been more succesful here. As you say it's a matter of talent, absolute confidence and most importantly hours of drilling on training to get the timing right (and some luck).

I hope I'm not overanalyzing things here as I'm far from a expert on keeping techniques (or football for that matter )

He did the correct thing.

You're taught to do that from a very young age when you're a keeper, its the correct way to block 1v1 shots (other than smuggling the ball off the player)

[zolayes 14,489]

In the local paper (I live in Bilzen, the town he grow up) there was a 1on1 copy of his hand, the hole paper was filled.

If I would get a slap of that I would not remember what my second name would be, a giant hand he has!

i Wonder what they showed on page 3 maybe that upset KDB

[The Chels 2,502]

Class everywhere

That throw was brilliant. You can tell why he's a GK rather than an outfield player as he's really good with his hands (his parents were both professional volleyball players I think) but not so great with his kicks, although I'm sure that'll improve.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Exact quote from Jose Mourinho: "The point here is not the quality because Petr is an amazing goalkeeper. What made me have this, this decision was the fact that the kid is 22, a kid that has only 2 yrs of contract. If he doesn't play for Chelsea he leaves Chelsea, if he leaves Chelsea in the near time he's a free agent and I made a decision for the team. The kid is answering in a fantastic way and Petr is the same."

[Coop 114]

That throw was brilliant. You can tell why he's a GK rather than an outfield player as he's really good with his hands (his parents were both professional volleyball players I think) but not so great with his kicks, although I'm sure that'll improve.

Indeed, his sister plays for nt of Belgium volleyball.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Messi of the goalkeepers. World class at very young age.

[Special Juan 27,512]

The decision on Tibo was nailed by the club, the perfect decision.

[SykikJV 146]

He did the correct thing.

You're taught to do that from a very young age when you're a keeper, its the correct way to block 1v1 shots (other than smuggling the ball off the player)

His Genk-trainer calls it the 5-point-stance and he said Courtois can execute this to perfection. A goalkeeper has to use 5 points of his body to create the biggest block possible to block shots 1 vs 1 : 2 legs, 2 arms and upperbody/head. Because Courtois is so tall, but still reasonably quick, and has such long arms, his block is very difficult to pass. In many saves you can see that even Courtois barely can touch the ball, but it's enough to deflect the ball out of the goal. A goalkeeper with a few cm's less in legs, arms and hands wouldn't make those saves.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Forget Cech, Phill Jones has some serious competition!

[Stingray 9,441]

i Wonder what they showed on page 3 maybe that upset KDB

Now that made me laugh really hard!

[Stingray 9,441]

Forget Cech, Phill Jones has some serious competition!

Phil Jones is NOOOOOO competition to Tibo

[Dion 2,476]

Phil Jones is NOOOOOO competition to Tibo

This has got to be the winner, no doubt. How can he even do that face? Some top notch talent right there.