Russian Goalkeeper

josip

I understand it was very serious at the time, but given that he fully recovered, I can't stop laughing at the moment the lad gets hit.

Like something out of a Harry Potter movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy9d44NzDco

Rodney Bathgate

I wouldn’t have been rushing over to help him.

josip

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

I wouldn’t have been rushing over to help him.

Aye, so be it.

rizzodun

I've heard he has lightning quick reflexes now

ShatterAlan

Is he alright?


That would be my question.

Rodney Bathgate

ShatterAlan wrote: »

Is he alright?


That would be my question.

According to the OP he fully recovered.

josip

Poor f**er must still be twitching.
Probably can't help bating himself off every time he goes for a wizz

I Am Nobody

Wonder if he started singing Baby I'm a firework when it hit him?

Leg End Reject

That's the first time I've seen it, as it's been claimed he fully recovered I'll admit it's hilarious.

The black smoke! It's like poor special effects from the 80s.

I don't really get this "falling over" humour, like when a lad gets struck by lightning or falls down a flight of stairs. There are whole compilations of these incidents on YouTube, and maybe I'm a miserable bastard but I can't even raise a grin.

Reminds me of the Jackass series. Some people found it hilarious. Not keen on that pie-in-the-face stuff myself.

jimmycrackcorm

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

I wouldn’t have been rushing over to help him.

Is that because you think he turns into a 10,000V stun gun if you touch him?

Does make for a nice tattoo though:

josip

^^^^ The goalkeeper needs to lose a bit of that puppy fat or he'll never make it at senior level

EmmetSpiceland

Thought this was going to be about Rinat Dasaev, “The Iron Curtain”.

Randy Archer

Highlander . He’s the one . There can only be one

Mad_maxx

those russians are tough

suicide_circus

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I don't really get this "falling over" humour, like when a lad gets struck by lightning or falls down a flight of stairs. There are whole compilations of these incidents on YouTube, and maybe I'm a miserable bastard but I can't even raise a grin.

Reminds me of the Jackass series. Some people found it hilarious. Not keen on that pie-in-the-face stuff myself.

"Football in the groin"

Cordell

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

I wouldn’t have been rushing over to help him.

Why? Next to him is the safest place to be in that thunderstorm, it's not going to hit twice in the same spot.
Then again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dx7gOgDMCg

One eyed Jack

Cordell wrote: »

Why? Next to him is the safest place to be in that thunderstorm, it's not going to hit twice in the same spot.
Then again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dx7gOgDMCg

Static electricity I guess, like that whack you used get from a car door before they used static strips to ground the body of the car.

Couldn’t help but laugh when I saw the video clip though, of course it would have been tragic if he died, but he didn’t, all good

muppetkiller

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/after-being-struck-by-lightning-russian-teen-returns-to-the-pitch

He is chatting here after the incident

Cordell

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Static electricity I guess, like that whack you used get from a car door before they used static strips to ground the body of the car.

Couldn’t help but laugh when I saw the video clip though, of course it would have been tragic if he died, but he didn’t, all good

Ground is the key word.
Static electricity on the ground is not possible, you can only have static electricity on objects that are insulated from the ground, and that excludes the ground itself.

Cordell

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Is that because you think he turns into a 10,000V stun gun if you touch him?

Does make for a nice tattoo though:

Never mind the tattoo, did it caused him to grow that pair?

kowloon

Randy Archer wrote: »

Highlander . He’s the one . There can only be one

Here we are, born to be kings...

king_of_mayo

Why was the goalkeeper taking shots on goal?

josip

king_of_mayo wrote: »

Why was the goalkeeper taking shots on goal?

And he fluffed it

Oranage2

In Russian lightning hits goalkeepers

Cordell

king_of_mayo wrote: »

Why was the goalkeeper taking shots on goal?

The GK needs to be able to do decent shots, they regularly shoot the ball across the pitch.

I don't know if this is a thing anymore, but it used to be that some of the field players also trained a bit for goalkeeping, in case the GK was sent out or injured and they were out of subs.

king_of_mayo

Cordell wrote: »

The GK needs to be able to do decent shots, they regularly shoot the ball across the pitch.

I don't know if this is a thing anymore, but it used to be that some of the field players also trained a bit for goalkeeping, in case the GK was sent out or injured and they were out of subs.

If he stayed in goals, he wouldn't have been struck.

fryup

just as he kicked the ball, it's like the ball exploded

Muahahaha

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Thought this was going to be about Rinat Dasaev, “The Iron Curtain”.

Best keeper in the world at the time and it took a worldie to beat him. Step up Ronnie Whelan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3l5zUw8vGM

josip

Muahahaha wrote: »

Best keeper in the world at the time and it took a worldie to beat him. Step up Ronnie Whelan

worldie? He shinned it off a long ball

Bobblehats

josip wrote: »

I understand it was very serious at the time, but given that he fully recovered, I can't stop laughing at the moment the lad gets hit.

Like something out of a Harry Potter movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy9d44NzDco

He was just shaping up for a *lightning strike*

Quantum Erasure

In Soviet Russia, goalkeeper is strike....

Ipso

He deserved a thunderous applause

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I don't really get this "falling over" humour, like when a lad gets struck by lightning or falls down a flight of stairs. There are whole compilations of these incidents on YouTube, and maybe I'm a miserable bastard but I can't even raise a grin.

Reminds me of the Jackass series. Some people found it hilarious. Not keen on that pie-in-the-face stuff myself.

What about this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msudLuJLMa4

Muahahaha

josip wrote: »

worldie? He shinned it off a long ball

ssshhh :pac: in fairness even Ronnie admits he shined it

It would have been the goal of the tournament until Van Basten came along with that goal in the final against the same keep Dasayev