Right call by the ref.. You could actually disallow this goal for more than one reason.. It could be considered dangerous play by Henry, as well as not allowing the goalkeeper to start the attack. Both are freekicks for the keeper.
Any referee anywhere will tell you that the ball is still in the possession of the goalkeeper if he is dropping it to kick it, just as it would be if he was tossing it up in the air (in a juggling action) or bouncing it on the ground (as you would dribble a basketball). "An indirect free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if, in the opinion of the referee, a player: prevents the goalkeeper from releasing the ball with his hands."
@TheCheeseandlemon@TheCheeseandlemon I'm not jealous my lad , i just love a good verbal tussle with a(mindthegap) fine man such as yourself, all the best you sir! Kisses
can you imagine if this WAY allowed?....every time i would try to half-volley or punt the ball, some idiot striker would be jumping to intercept...it would be so irritating and guys would get hurt (including me)
that was a goal the rule is your allowed to take the ball off the keeper if he doesnt have both hands on the ball and there the ball was released and in mid air
@BestNoCopyright I don't care how long you've been playing and watching football, Henry has played football for longer than any of us and yet he didn't seem to get this rule. I'm using your closing line on you because it works on yourself. From the FIFA rulebook:
The goalkeeper is considered to be in possession of the ball:
-while in the act of bouncing it on the ground or tossing it into the air
If you think you know more than FIFA, you need to get your ego checked.
@BestNoCopyright Honestly, a simple google of "GOALKEEPER POSSESSION OF THE BALL" would have told you I didn't make that up. If you actually tried to use your brain before nitpicking everything you would've realized that the rule states "after throwing the ball into the air" means after he kicks it, he loses control of the ball, but not before. Think before you post next time, seriously.
Just like to point out why this was disallowed, it has to leave the penalty area on this ocassion it didn't. What "ought to be" is that the commentators should have a better knowledge of the game before criticizing a correct decision.
@ryandougan18 lol you obviously dont know anything then, because this rule was not applied by FIFA in 03/04 so i think you should go and research because you're obviously stupid enough not to think rules get added to the game.
It's not dangerous play, it's interfering with the keeper when he is kicking the ball. It's a close case and since the ref is far away I could see why he made the call.
@Scudeyyy Except Friedel was not retarded and he didn't mess that up. Henry was being a douche trying to do the same crap he thinks he can get away with every time, but he never does. The only way to prevent this goal for Friedel is to kick the ball straight out of his hands, which would get no distance on the kick. Hence Henry here is not allowed to disrupt the kick.
@Artoo64 No, the rules state that if the ball is not in the goalkeepers control, Henry can do as he pleases. Friedel as a professional gk who gets paid a ridiculous amount of money a week should know better than to casually take him kick about a metre away from Henry. He should also know that Henry has done this many times before. And referees are always stupid enough not to give these goals.
...Once established, possession is maintained, when the ball is held as described above, while bouncing the ball on the ground or throwing it into the air. Possession is given up if, after throwing the ball into the air, it is allowed to hit the ground.
If the ball doesn't hit the ground, he still has possession of the ball. Friedel did nothing wrong, Henry did.
@Scudeyyy It's happened before because the rules were changed. The commentators know more than us on a general and a quick-thinking basis, but they do not memorize every rule in the rulebook, and they do not generally know more than the referee if the referee was given every angle like the commentators are.
@Artoo64 your logic is completely wrong! so if friedel kicks the ball down the field he is still in possession until the ball hits the ground even though it's halfway down the pitch. your logic is completely floored. Henry should have 228 goals for arsenal!
@T4terrible How do you make the same mistake? The rule says "throwing the ball into the air," not "after he kicks it." After he kicks it he clearly doesn't have possession of the ball anymore, but he does before he kicks it, and after he throws it into the air.
@Artoo64 That's the rule now. It depends on what year the rule changed. If that was the rule back in 2003 then obviously it was right to be ruled out.
@bolder2009 This rule of goalkeeper having possession of the ball by throwing it in the air for a long punt has always been in effect, even back in the 1980s when they were messing around with the four-step rule. Otherwise, Friedel is screwed here and there's no way to get a regular long punt off without pushing Henry to the ground, and every forward would do it in every game. This has clearly been a foul forever.
@Artoo64 So why did Freidel react? Was it because he like myself and everybody else I know (including commentators that have spent their entire lives watching football), is under the impression that once the ball has left both hands of the goalkeeper, the ball is in play?
@MegaJavey Clearly because you always play until referee stops play. I'm not sure if Friedel knew about the rule, but there's no reason he shouldn't try to stop Henry just in case the referee doesn't call the foul.
And if you were under that impression, then you were under the wrong impression because the referees have spent their entire lives refereeing football, and they know the rules better than any of us, commentators included.
@Artoo64 does that mean that a referee can punish comeone if, after a goalkeeper throws the ball away, they take it on the chest before it hits the ground? Surely this rule is too vague to count in all cases.
@hazellnutter It's not vague at all, if a goalkeeper throws it away then they didn't toss it in the air, they threw it away. It's clearly there to protect the goalkeeper only from the situation in this video.
@doesds Yes, actually I do. If you can find a source telling me it was not active in 2003, it would be much appreciated, because this has been a rule forever as far as I know.
@Artoo64 therefore if friedel kicked it up into the air and an arsenal player headed it, then kept it off the ground and scored the goal would be disallowed? i think not, dickhead.
@Farris1996 The rule says "throwing it into the air," not after he kicks it. He clearly does not have possession of the ball anymore after he kicks it. It's only an excerpt of the actual rule, the actual rule is in much more detail.
pointless, rules r if keeper has 1 hand on the ball, ur able to kick the ball away, u see it when keppers attept to catch the ball a lot so the same rule applies??
This could be technically considered "dangerous play", however this is still terrible sportsmanship from Henry, cheap, if I were Friedal I would of given Thierry a good scolding, well done ref
@lop1productions Dangerous play?? Terrible sportsmanship?? Come on don't be such a square. He made Friedal look silly. That's what great players do. RVP had a similar goal disallowed.
@bolder2009 Um, how else is a goalkeeper supposed to take a punt? Kick it straight out of his hands so he doesn't have to worry about losing control of the ball? This is clearly a foul and Henry is lucky to get away without a yellow card after his multiple offenses doing the same crap and thinking he can score each time without being whistled.
@lop1productions Dangerous play?? Terrible sportsmanship?? Come on don't be such a square. He made Friedal look silly. That's what great players do. RVP had a similar goal disallowed.
AT THE TIME this should have been a goal as there was nothing in the rules that said you couldnt do it. After this incident it was changed and now you cant. Still should of been another epic Thierry goal
@adda54 What the fuck are you on about ahahah, that's just put in Fifa because it can't support the fact that players can steal the ball from the keeper when he's about to boot it, you'd have players stalking the keeper everywhere when he's about to take a kick. Other than that, there's nothing in the rule book that says you can't do that.
Just because you play a football game it doesn't mean you know the rules of the game.
that is a goal. the ball is not in the keepers possession he has released it back into play. and to make things better if the keeper had kicked Henry with the follow through it would have been a caution for him.
the keeper has to have 2 hands on the ball for it to be in his control so even if friedel had 1 hand on the ball the goal should of counted and the ball was in the air here so it should have been a goal
All reports back then have unanimously agreed that at the very moment Brad Friedel released the ball, OPEN PLAY has began and anybody is entitled to go for the ball.
The irony of this is that if the ball was really in Friedel's CONTROL (a very assertive word), then that fella wouldn't have lost it to Henry who just stretched out his leg so casually. You lose something when you're not in control of it.
But still, glad this minor incident didnt affect the unbeaten season the team had.
Regarding the goalkeeper, the letting go of the ball to kick it is regarded as "one motion". That is to say the keeper is still in control of the ball in which case he cannot be tackled. This is a foul, correct decision. Move on.
@dartsx but it's not in the goal keepers hands anymore. As soon as he lets go it's anyone's ball. Perfectly hilarious goal that should be allowed even if a little harsh :P
@0tto777 Its actually not 'anyone's ball' Under FA rules, a goalkeeper throwing up the ball and kicking it, is considered one motion and thus cannot be interrupted by any player
@VoteHarveyDent yeah The rules have been amended now. At the time this was considered a legitimate goal. I'm not 100% sure on that so if you know more than I do feel free to show me where I'm wrong :)
Lmao @ most of the people arguing with blingdog9. Most of them didn't even have anything more to say than insulting him and saying he doesn't know what he's talking about.
This all boils down to how you define "release." Current referee interpretations are that the keeper has not "released" it until the kick. Even trying a "punt block" here would be considered "preventing the release."
This is true under today's interpretations and was the same interpretation back in 2003.
The same rule applied in 2003. I checked at the time. Its only if keeper puts it on the floor that you can nick it. Its to prevent keepers getting swamped with players when they try and kick it. Even standing in keepers way is a foul.
@RICHTAYL No it shouldn't of. It's just cheap and stupid. If players are allowed to get away with crap like that, the game would suck more than it does.
@blingdog9 Really? I did not know that. Then there's no way that you can legally take the ball when the keeper's holding it like that unless he literally gives it to you, so how Henry thought he'd get away with this in the prem more than once...?! Also spot on about the one hand thing, think that guy is getting confused with the two hand rule when keeper's haven't yet taken control of the ball?
But if the goalie has 1 hand on it he's not in control... so If he's holding it with one hand during the act of punting it forward...the laws are just contradicting themselves
@blingdog9 just look at goals on youtube from soccer am, the howlers etc, there are ones where GKs have the ball, bounce it a couple times, then hold it in 1 hand, a player heads the ball out of his hand then scores, the ref gives it as a goal..i think the problem in football is that refs dont actually know the rules, some refs know a rule that another doesnt, so in some games players can do something that they can't in others, fifa need to train refs a lot better :)
@KiwiJosh1992 I know the goal you're referring to. It was Gary Crosby. It was a clear violation of the rules, but the ref inexplicably gave Crosby the goal anyway. The rule reads "A goalkeeper is considered to be in control of the ball while holding the ball in his outstretched open hand" (pg. 114, 2011 FIFA Laws of the Game). I agree with you that the refs need to be trained better to avoid truly awful calls like that one. It's one thing for the fans to be ignorant, but refs should never be.
@blingdog9 Blingdog is right, "George Best Disallowed Goal v England's Gordon Banks at Windsor Park (15 May 1971)" (search on Youtube) and this was 40 years ago so stop bitching...
That's bullshit. That's like tackling someone just before they shoot
supermurus 2 days ago
peter drury is a awful commentator
JMcKaySV 6 days ago
This goal true - -ii
My referee mistakes to judge because Brad Friedel Drop ball on 3 Second
SealSmile 1 week ago
this is not the only time his done this and the other time the ref dissalowed it aswell
GUNNERZ3788 1 week ago
Right call by the ref.. You could actually disallow this goal for more than one reason.. It could be considered dangerous play by Henry, as well as not allowing the goalkeeper to start the attack. Both are freekicks for the keeper.
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Any referee anywhere will tell you that the ball is still in the possession of the goalkeeper if he is dropping it to kick it, just as it would be if he was tossing it up in the air (in a juggling action) or bouncing it on the ground (as you would dribble a basketball). "An indirect free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if, in the opinion of the referee, a player: prevents the goalkeeper from releasing the ball with his hands."
jameshaire 1 week ago
The referee was right. The act of a goalkeeper dropkicking the ball is considered one move.
lvivboi 2 weeks ago
wow. Friedel. With hair !
justas11f 3 weeks ago 3
@justas11f I think you mean Friedel with whatever is left of his hair.
MrKoreanHero 2 weeks ago
if that goal is valid then we all can as well go and stand in front of the goalkeeper and wait for him to toss the ball in the air!
rockmick10 3 weeks ago
haha lol i was at this game love it
MoffettGameplay 3 weeks ago
Henry done this twice now and but time it should be a goal. the ball in the air and henry has not obstruction the keeper in anyway stupid ref
ITIMBERLANDI 4 weeks ago
Fuck Arsenal!
Cjaztec1 1 month ago
@Cjaztec1 Fuck You!
TheCheeseandlemon 4 weeks ago
@Cjaztec1 na mate fuck u
TehImpreza 3 weeks ago
van persie did exactly d same thing, only his was more funny.
topsyhouse 1 month ago
Lol henry scored against blackburn again what a legend
Gooner14henry 1 month ago
don't matter, Henry scored agianst Blackburn on saturday
TheEnigmaConundrum 1 month ago
Fuck Arsenal
Cjaztec1 1 month ago
@Cjaztec1 fuck you, cunt!
liken247 1 month ago
@liken247 :(
Cjaztec1 1 month ago
@Cjaztec1 fag
TheCheeseandlemon 1 month ago
@TheCheeseandlemon I am saddened you feel the need to bring homophobic slurs in this :(
Cjaztec1 1 month ago
@Cjaztec1 K.
TheCheeseandlemon 4 weeks ago
@Cjaztec1 jealous?
TheCheeseandlemon 4 weeks ago
@TheCheeseandlemon @TheCheeseandlemon I'm not jealous my lad , i just love a good verbal tussle with a(mindthegap) fine man such as yourself, all the best you sir! Kisses
Cjaztec1 4 weeks ago
Should have been a goal. Ronaldinho did the exact same thing and the goal stood.
xyunit 1 month ago
0.06 look at ballboy
Rizzoooooooooooooooo 1 month ago
can you imagine if this WAY allowed?....every time i would try to half-volley or punt the ball, some idiot striker would be jumping to intercept...it would be so irritating and guys would get hurt (including me)
agriculturaltrading 1 month ago
should of been aloud,the keeper didnt have the ball in both of his hands
LittleDyls 1 month ago
cheap goal....
TheNinjaCowboys 1 month ago
Final score?
ReubenM882 1 month ago
cheeky but referee was right
N1ck8586 1 month ago
@megajavey play to the whistle son
rolexwearer08 1 month ago
If that was done niw he would of probably been booked for it
MikeAFCvann 1 month ago
In FIFA is that a correct goal :)
ersguterschuss 1 month ago
that was a goal the rule is your allowed to take the ball off the keeper if he doesnt have both hands on the ball and there the ball was released and in mid air
LPHGardinerRFC 1 month ago
I remember solskjaer doing this in the cup, Didn't count either :(
ScaryIranian 1 month ago
henry-mastermind of football
seanzy1996 1 month ago
LOL HENRY IS FUKING CLASS
Avaisak47 1 month ago
friedel at 0:03 lmaoooo.....that was a goal btw
UchennaOfuluozor 1 month ago
It it is against the rules but it was brilliantly done lol
Playboyy1985 1 month ago
If it was Rooney then obviously the ref would have given this goal.
it is obvious that this goal should count, anything else is a deluded opinion of a hater.
nepalitan 1 month ago
@BestNoCopyright I don't care how long you've been playing and watching football, Henry has played football for longer than any of us and yet he didn't seem to get this rule. I'm using your closing line on you because it works on yourself. From the FIFA rulebook:
The goalkeeper is considered to be in possession of the ball:
-while in the act of bouncing it on the ground or tossing it into the air
If you think you know more than FIFA, you need to get your ego checked.
Artoo64 1 month ago
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southfieldshater 1 month ago 2
@BestNoCopyright Honestly, a simple google of "GOALKEEPER POSSESSION OF THE BALL" would have told you I didn't make that up. If you actually tried to use your brain before nitpicking everything you would've realized that the rule states "after throwing the ball into the air" means after he kicks it, he loses control of the ball, but not before. Think before you post next time, seriously.
Artoo64 1 month ago
Just like to point out why this was disallowed, it has to leave the penalty area on this ocassion it didn't. What "ought to be" is that the commentators should have a better knowledge of the game before criticizing a correct decision.
ryandougan18 2 months ago
@ryandougan18 lol you obviously dont know anything then, because this rule was not applied by FIFA in 03/04 so i think you should go and research because you're obviously stupid enough not to think rules get added to the game.
RyannBarton 2 months ago
4 irish don't like the video
freakyholic 2 months ago
It's not dangerous play, it's interfering with the keeper when he is kicking the ball. It's a close case and since the ref is far away I could see why he made the call.
CodeRazzmatazz 2 months ago
man, his returning to arsenal...
hulaboy97 2 months ago
Brad Friedel is fucking retarded, pretending as if he didnt mess that up.
Scudeyyy 2 months ago
@Scudeyyy Except Friedel was not retarded and he didn't mess that up. Henry was being a douche trying to do the same crap he thinks he can get away with every time, but he never does. The only way to prevent this goal for Friedel is to kick the ball straight out of his hands, which would get no distance on the kick. Hence Henry here is not allowed to disrupt the kick.
Artoo64 2 months ago
@Artoo64 No, the rules state that if the ball is not in the goalkeepers control, Henry can do as he pleases. Friedel as a professional gk who gets paid a ridiculous amount of money a week should know better than to casually take him kick about a metre away from Henry. He should also know that Henry has done this many times before. And referees are always stupid enough not to give these goals.
Scudeyyy 2 months ago
@Scudeyyy 12.16 GOALKEEPER POSSESSION OF THE BALL
...Once established, possession is maintained, when the ball is held as described above, while bouncing the ball on the ground or throwing it into the air. Possession is given up if, after throwing the ball into the air, it is allowed to hit the ground.
If the ball doesn't hit the ground, he still has possession of the ball. Friedel did nothing wrong, Henry did.
Artoo64 2 months ago 15
@Artoo64 Its happened before and has been given and just hear the commentator. He knows more about football than anyone of us...
Scudeyyy 2 months ago
@Scudeyyy It's happened before because the rules were changed. The commentators know more than us on a general and a quick-thinking basis, but they do not memorize every rule in the rulebook, and they do not generally know more than the referee if the referee was given every angle like the commentators are.
Artoo64 2 months ago
@Artoo64 your logic is completely wrong! so if friedel kicks the ball down the field he is still in possession until the ball hits the ground even though it's halfway down the pitch. your logic is completely floored. Henry should have 228 goals for arsenal!
T4terrible 1 month ago
@T4terrible How do you make the same mistake? The rule says "throwing the ball into the air," not "after he kicks it." After he kicks it he clearly doesn't have possession of the ball anymore, but he does before he kicks it, and after he throws it into the air.
Artoo64 1 month ago
@Artoo64 That's the rule now. It depends on what year the rule changed. If that was the rule back in 2003 then obviously it was right to be ruled out.
bolder2009 1 month ago
@bolder2009 This rule of goalkeeper having possession of the ball by throwing it in the air for a long punt has always been in effect, even back in the 1980s when they were messing around with the four-step rule. Otherwise, Friedel is screwed here and there's no way to get a regular long punt off without pushing Henry to the ground, and every forward would do it in every game. This has clearly been a foul forever.
Artoo64 1 month ago
@Artoo64 If that's the case, then fair play to the ref.
bolder2009 1 month ago
@Artoo64 So why did Freidel react? Was it because he like myself and everybody else I know (including commentators that have spent their entire lives watching football), is under the impression that once the ball has left both hands of the goalkeeper, the ball is in play?
MegaJavey 1 month ago
@MegaJavey Clearly because you always play until referee stops play. I'm not sure if Friedel knew about the rule, but there's no reason he shouldn't try to stop Henry just in case the referee doesn't call the foul.
And if you were under that impression, then you were under the wrong impression because the referees have spent their entire lives refereeing football, and they know the rules better than any of us, commentators included.
Artoo64 1 month ago
@Artoo64 does that mean that a referee can punish comeone if, after a goalkeeper throws the ball away, they take it on the chest before it hits the ground? Surely this rule is too vague to count in all cases.
hazellnutter 1 month ago
@hazellnutter It's not vague at all, if a goalkeeper throws it away then they didn't toss it in the air, they threw it away. It's clearly there to protect the goalkeeper only from the situation in this video.
Artoo64 1 month ago
@Artoo64 that wasn't the rule in 2003 though so this should have been a goal
9614dan 1 month ago
@9614dan If you can find the source to prove this, I commend you, because as far as I know, this rule has been active forever, even in the 1980s.
Artoo64 1 month ago
@Artoo64
fool, look at the date, u think that rule applied in 2003
doesds 1 month ago
@doesds Yes, actually I do. If you can find a source telling me it was not active in 2003, it would be much appreciated, because this has been a rule forever as far as I know.
Artoo64 1 month ago
@Artoo64 therefore if friedel kicked it up into the air and an arsenal player headed it, then kept it off the ground and scored the goal would be disallowed? i think not, dickhead.
Farris1996 1 month ago
@Farris1996 The rule says "throwing it into the air," not after he kicks it. He clearly does not have possession of the ball anymore after he kicks it. It's only an excerpt of the actual rule, the actual rule is in much more detail.
Artoo64 1 month ago 8
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jameshaire 1 week ago
@banterflaws retard.......that is all i have to say to you
KINGSTONUSB2 2 months ago
he would have scored 227 goals for arsenal... dammn
southfieldshater 2 months ago 23
@southfieldshater He will score during his loan back here dont worry :D
St3v3z 2 months ago
@southfieldshater He did now ..
Bentheid 1 month ago
@Bentheid im ecstatic!!!!!!!!!
southfieldshater 1 month ago
@southfieldshater he actually has now ;)
jso39 1 month ago
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wakrigg 1 month ago
@southfieldshater just did lol
KN10SKILLED 1 month ago
@southfieldshater he now has...:)
trevmeister1234 1 month ago
@southfieldshater he just did!!! :D
koolasucas619 1 month ago
@southfieldshater he just fucking did it !!!!!!!
aboo00oode992 1 month ago
@southfieldshater - HE HAS NOW!!!! .. AND ITS ARSENALLL... ARSENALLL FC...WERE BY FAR THE BEST TEAM THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN!!!!!
GMSpreez 1 month ago
@southfieldshater he has. got his 227th against leeds last night ;) LEGEND!
rishlarr 1 month ago 10
@southfieldshater hahaha now he scored 227 goals for arsenal ;)
GJSwiss 1 month ago
@southfieldshater he have done it now :P
Sonny0612 1 month ago
@southfieldshater he has now!
Scudeyyy 1 month ago
@southfieldshater 228
ecklesmecken1 1 month ago
@southfieldshater he has now :)
paulmd5601 1 month ago
@southfieldshater he has now :D
Rob0206mr 1 month ago
@southfieldshater He scored))
Rai12Con 1 month ago
@southfieldshater :) how many goals does he have to this date?
N1CisSIC 1 month ago
pointless, rules r if keeper has 1 hand on the ball, ur able to kick the ball away, u see it when keppers attept to catch the ball a lot so the same rule applies??
TheFootballStar1998 2 months ago
refs a retard nothing more to be said
ammarzak 2 months ago
This could be technically considered "dangerous play", however this is still terrible sportsmanship from Henry, cheap, if I were Friedal I would of given Thierry a good scolding, well done ref
lop1productions 2 months ago
@lop1productions Dangerous play?? Terrible sportsmanship?? Come on don't be such a square. He made Friedal look silly. That's what great players do. RVP had a similar goal disallowed.
bolder2009 2 months ago
@bolder2009 Um, how else is a goalkeeper supposed to take a punt? Kick it straight out of his hands so he doesn't have to worry about losing control of the ball? This is clearly a foul and Henry is lucky to get away without a yellow card after his multiple offenses doing the same crap and thinking he can score each time without being whistled.
Artoo64 2 months ago
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@lop1productions Dangerous play?? Terrible sportsmanship?? Come on don't be such a square. He made Friedal look silly. That's what great players do. RVP had a similar goal disallowed.
bolder2009 2 months ago
Lol look at brad friedal when he was about to kick the ball
1999pokemonlover 2 months ago
well done theirry my boy
philharris14 2 months ago
@adda54 well then shouldn't the ref warn him beforehand?
VeyronFXX97 2 months ago
AT THE TIME this should have been a goal as there was nothing in the rules that said you couldnt do it. After this incident it was changed and now you cant. Still should of been another epic Thierry goal
4everrgunner 2 months ago
he was away at the end there wish it played on....
johnmorgan1991 2 months ago
Its like on FIFA when the goalkeeper have the ball, you have to be like 2 yards away from him...
adda54 2 months ago
@adda54 What the fuck are you on about ahahah, that's just put in Fifa because it can't support the fact that players can steal the ball from the keeper when he's about to boot it, you'd have players stalking the keeper everywhere when he's about to take a kick. Other than that, there's nothing in the rule book that says you can't do that.
Just because you play a football game it doesn't mean you know the rules of the game.
djm4z 2 months ago
@djm4z It's dangerous play, thats why it didn't count... Solkjaer did the same... disallowed... it stands in the rules...
adda54 2 months ago
Great goal, nuff said.
FilthyFags 2 months ago
Unsporting Behavior.
samas007 2 months ago
@samas007 uh... What?
mAmmuTwOw 2 months ago
@samas007 wtf lol?
aSH0GUN 2 months ago
that is a goal. the ball is not in the keepers possession he has released it back into play. and to make things better if the keeper had kicked Henry with the follow through it would have been a caution for him.
Wibimano 2 months ago 3
when the keeper goes to kick the ball u cant block it but once it leaves his foot u can block it like tht but not tackle mid kick
KidSchnuffle 2 months ago
@KidSchnuffle false as soon as the ball leaves the goalies hand its in play
ScyzorykPolak18 2 months ago
@ScyzorykPolak18 no cus its still in motion
KidSchnuffle 2 months ago
@KidSchnuffle But is it in his hands? that's the key to control both hands on the ball
ScyzorykPolak18 2 months ago
@ScyzorykPolak18 Then everyone would do it....
KidSchnuffle 2 months ago
The audacity of the man. Legend. King.
679go 2 months ago
Smart guy, and the referee is a loser
MarcosVAlves87 2 months ago
I laughed At Freidels Reaction when he got it:L
xMarkxHDx 2 months ago
the keeper has to have 2 hands on the ball for it to be in his control so even if friedel had 1 hand on the ball the goal should of counted and the ball was in the air here so it should have been a goal
falloverinasack 3 months ago
Oh look, all the experts are here.
hitmancoolio 3 months ago
@hitmancoolio Nothing else to do on my lunch break :P
KaneFenton2 3 months ago
All reports back then have unanimously agreed that at the very moment Brad Friedel released the ball, OPEN PLAY has began and anybody is entitled to go for the ball.
The irony of this is that if the ball was really in Friedel's CONTROL (a very assertive word), then that fella wouldn't have lost it to Henry who just stretched out his leg so casually. You lose something when you're not in control of it.
But still, glad this minor incident didnt affect the unbeaten season the team had.
rapha24mt 3 months ago
Regarding the goalkeeper, the letting go of the ball to kick it is regarded as "one motion". That is to say the keeper is still in control of the ball in which case he cannot be tackled. This is a foul, correct decision. Move on.
Westwoooooooood 3 months ago
@Westwoooooooood it is only one motion on fifa lad, this should be a goal, under review of the rules the referee will be told he is wrong
callumritchie 3 months ago
If Friedel "still had control" then Henry would not have been able to kick the ball. Thus, Friedel was not in control of the ball.
mole5k1 3 months ago
LOL AT KID @0:06
ODorginal2 3 months ago
omg the same tning happened to me in FIFA (opposition stole the ball) and the goal counted! OMG
Sonicx5698 3 months ago
Wow the commentator on the game doesn't know the laws of football.
08mjohnson 3 months ago
thats wat Ronaldinho did but the goal was allowed
dark4assassins 3 months ago
Brad Friedel looks totally the same even after almost a decade lol!
suckerkevin76 3 months ago 3
I do that in FIFA all the time ;p
Josef10r35 3 months ago
1 hand or 2 hands... doesn't fucking matter, friedel released the ball, when the ball was in play...
CMROfficial 3 months ago
it dosnt matter if theres a rule or not its called respect !
bluesoccer2221 3 months ago
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stupid french prick never bothered to learn the rules when he was in England
MrOMGees 4 months ago
@MrOMGees STFU U DUMBASS BITCH
IbZzzz1 4 months ago
dumb ass ref its a yellow card for disrupting the goalkeeprs kick into ball.
dartsx 4 months ago
@dartsx but it's not in the goal keepers hands anymore. As soon as he lets go it's anyone's ball. Perfectly hilarious goal that should be allowed even if a little harsh :P
0tto777 3 months ago
@0tto777 Its actually not 'anyone's ball' Under FA rules, a goalkeeper throwing up the ball and kicking it, is considered one motion and thus cannot be interrupted by any player
VoteHarveyDent 3 months ago
@VoteHarveyDent yeah The rules have been amended now. At the time this was considered a legitimate goal. I'm not 100% sure on that so if you know more than I do feel free to show me where I'm wrong :)
0tto777 3 months ago
If you want to see it in slow-mo hold space while it plays. You're welcome.
karimn97 4 months ago
they guy was just too smart for his era... ive seen him do shit like this loads of times.. great player.
makpak 4 months ago
Lmao @ most of the people arguing with blingdog9. Most of them didn't even have anything more to say than insulting him and saying he doesn't know what he's talking about.
nikeu905 4 months ago
Thats henry's masterpiece!
lanegane1 4 months ago
Lmao Henry was so cheeky :')
Buffalor4 4 months ago
lad!
tommygindahud 4 months ago
WHAT THE F*CK, AGAIN !!!
chopar4e7yyy 4 months ago
This all boils down to how you define "release." Current referee interpretations are that the keeper has not "released" it until the kick. Even trying a "punt block" here would be considered "preventing the release."
This is true under today's interpretations and was the same interpretation back in 2003.
wguynes 4 months ago
truly a legend till he stayed at arsenal ......
4vrmj 4 months ago
to think that's happened twice...
OriginalSuperJaggy 4 months ago
what if he missed??...lol tht wuld be funny
Imanerd74 4 months ago
@Imanerd74
torres would, but no way Henry would
ArchangelMichael1991 4 months ago
0:22 was that the gay referee?
ForsakenGuy17 5 months ago
The same rule applied in 2003. I checked at the time. Its only if keeper puts it on the floor that you can nick it. Its to prevent keepers getting swamped with players when they try and kick it. Even standing in keepers way is a foul.
niktendo2000 5 months ago
That was - & should have been - a goal.
RICHTAYL 5 months ago
@RICHTAYL No it shouldn't of. It's just cheap and stupid. If players are allowed to get away with crap like that, the game would suck more than it does.
ihatealderney 4 months ago
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hing0202 5 months ago
anybody got the link to when ronaldinho did this?
xXxLETHALxXx831 5 months ago
@xXxLETHALxXx831 /watch?v=W357REQufbQ&feature=related
Bloodaxe1890 5 months ago
He still looks 41 years old in this video
arsenalfc250 5 months ago
YOU SIR ARE A LEGEND :D
annubis02 5 months ago
whatever it is, it was a clean ball steal
iByz92 6 months ago
This was the great arsenal.....wat happen???.lol
shortdogCR7 6 months ago
@shortdogCR7 they sold henry, sol cambell, patrick viera, robert pires and freddy lunberg. oh and ashley cole
stevekay90 5 months ago
@blingdog9 Really? I did not know that. Then there's no way that you can legally take the ball when the keeper's holding it like that unless he literally gives it to you, so how Henry thought he'd get away with this in the prem more than once...?! Also spot on about the one hand thing, think that guy is getting confused with the two hand rule when keeper's haven't yet taken control of the ball?
banterflaws 6 months ago
But if the goalie has 1 hand on it he's not in control... so If he's holding it with one hand during the act of punting it forward...the laws are just contradicting themselves
hornseybfc 6 months ago
@hornseybfc The goalie absolutely CAN be in control of the ball without having two hands on it. I don't know where you got that idea.
blingdog9 6 months ago
@blingdog9 just look at goals on youtube from soccer am, the howlers etc, there are ones where GKs have the ball, bounce it a couple times, then hold it in 1 hand, a player heads the ball out of his hand then scores, the ref gives it as a goal..i think the problem in football is that refs dont actually know the rules, some refs know a rule that another doesnt, so in some games players can do something that they can't in others, fifa need to train refs a lot better :)
KiwiJosh1992 6 months ago
@KiwiJosh1992 I know the goal you're referring to. It was Gary Crosby. It was a clear violation of the rules, but the ref inexplicably gave Crosby the goal anyway. The rule reads "A goalkeeper is considered to be in control of the ball while holding the ball in his outstretched open hand" (pg. 114, 2011 FIFA Laws of the Game). I agree with you that the refs need to be trained better to avoid truly awful calls like that one. It's one thing for the fans to be ignorant, but refs should never be.
blingdog9 6 months ago
@blingdog9 Blingdog is right, "George Best Disallowed Goal v England's Gordon Banks at Windsor Park (15 May 1971)" (search on Youtube) and this was 40 years ago so stop bitching...
MarcSAFCCUFC 2 months ago