Hours go by and South American football cannot digest Peru’s defeat against Australia in the World Cup playoffs in Qatar.
Australian goalkeeper Andrew RedMayne’s surprising performance on penalties continues to be the target of all sorts of analysis and criticism. This Wednesday, in fact, a video became popular in Peru showing how RedMayne throws off the field the bottle in which the goalkeeper Gallese, of the Inca team, had written down the collection styles of the players of the team led by Ricardo Gareca.
Now, after the echo of what happened, the Norwegian research psychologist Geir Jordet, popular for his work in sports science, shared a detailed analysis of RedMayne’s performance. From his point of view, several tricks that greatly favored his success in the penalty shootout.
The conclusion that remains: Australia beat Peru with a whole ‘mental game’.
RedMayne’s ‘tricks’
“The penalty shootout is a psychological game. Andrew RedMayne gave a masterclass in mental play as Australia beat Peru on penalties to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. What did you do and why did it work?”, was the introduction with which Jordet presented his conclusions on social networks.
Then, one by one, he broke down the tricks of the Australian goalkeeper.
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The ‘dance’ on the line
“The most obvious, his goal-line dance moves were elaborate, spectacular, and seemingly effective. Research shows that goalkeeper distracting behaviors are related to 10% fewer goals for the penalty taker,” Jordet said, citing the study ‘Attention to the goalkeeper and distraction during penalty shoot-outs in association football: an analysis retrospective of penalty shootouts from 1984 to 2012’, which is available in the database of ‘pubmed’.
“The key is to be erratic and unpredictable”commented the academic on Twitter.
Perhaps the most striking thing for those who knew RedMayne’s ‘movements’ is that he has been doing it for some time. In games with Sidney FC, his team in the oceanic country, he had already shown the ‘success’ of his tricks.
‘Convey safety to your colleagues’
“After each shot, Redmayne passed the ball to his own team’s penalty taker, giving a friendly and familiar start to his pre-kick routine.. This technique was pioneered in England at the 2018 World Cup, and has since been successfully used by Liverpool this season, amongst other clubs,” Jordet said.
“After the ball pass, Redmayne acted as the penalty taker’s bodyguard, protecting his shooters from the mind games of the Peruvian goalkeeper. This makes it easier for your shooters to focus on their own shot. First time I see a goalkeeper take on this role in a penalty shootout,” adds the researcher.
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The ‘disrespect’ to the rivals
“Redmayne also engaged in more confrontational mind games. Against Alexander Callens, Redmayne first jovially offers to hand him the ball, then quickly takes it from him.. The display of disrespect is clear and obvious,” says the expert.
‘The waste of time’
“For the final shot, Redmayne takes forever to reach the goal line, forcing the referee to delay his whistle and the penalty taker to wait 18 seconds after he has placed the ball and walked back“, explains the Norwegian psychologist.
Furthermore, in his explanation, Jordet cites his research ‘Temporal Links to Performance Under Pressure in International Soccer Penalty Shootouts’, available at ‘Science direct’.
“Our research shows 20% fewer goals after such a long wait”points out the academic.
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Finally, Jordet concludes in his thread: “A penalty shootout is never decided by one player or one type of action. There are small margins, many factors, and coincidence also plays a role. That said, Redmayne deliberately took control of this firefight, which likely tipped the odds in his favor.”
A penalty shootout is never decided by only one player or one type of action. There are small margins, many factors & coincidence also plays a role. With that said, Redmayne deliberately seized control over this shootout, which most likely tipped the odds in his favor. 9/9 pic.twitter.com/01eIwKk8wy
— Geir Jordet (@GeirJordet) June 14, 2022
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