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In this World Cup, Mexico’s Julian Quinos in A South Africa won 2-0 On June 11.
The goals continued to come in after the opening game in Mexico City.
Starting with Germany’s 7-1 rout in Houston on June 14, Canada’s 6-0 thrashing of Qatar in Vancouver four days later was a goal jam.
One of the reasons for the many goals could be the Adidas ‘Trionda’ ball used in the matches.
Many goalkeepers seem to be caught by the flight of the ball.
It was evident earlier this week when France captain Kylian Mbappe scored his second goal of the game and the longest goal of the tournament, beating Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy from 30 yards.
It was one of five punts that went 22 yards or more in the first round.
Sweden’s Yassin Ayari scored two of these against Tunisia from 24.8 yards and 24.3 yards.
Australia’s Conor Metcalfe (25.6 yards against Tunisia) and Ismael Saibari (24.7 yards against Brazil) are the top five.
Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart told BBC Sport that goalkeepers are struggling to hold onto the ball.
On June 17, Martin Baturina was playing for Croatia in a draw with England when Hart noticed Jordan Pickford running the ball faster than expected.
More than 10 goals were scored from outside the penalty area, not to mention the shots fired by the goalkeepers.
“There have been one or two occasions where this football has not behaved as you would expect,” said former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson, who has been working for BBC Sport at the World Cup. It’s something we need to keep an eye on.
It is not the first time that World Cup balls have caused problems. In the year At the 2010 tournament in South Africa, Jabulani became famous for his twists, dips and glides, which are credited with contributing to many of his long-distance goals.
At the time, England’s David James was among the many players who criticized the ball, saying it “allowed more goals” and “glamorized some goalkeepers”.
“The ball is scary,” James said. “It’s horrible, but it’s horrible for everyone.”
At the end of that tournament, 26 of the 145 goals scored were away goals.
