Al Ain goalkeeper and national team Khaled Issa has revealed the secret behind his defensive penalty against River Plate, which led the leader to reach the final of the FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi last December. He pointed out that in that confrontation he preferred to jump to the left corner instead of the right to which he had gone in the first four kicks, and did not succeed in dealing with any of the shots, but he worked «secret profession», and changed his direction and led his team to the final lost In front of Real Madrid.

Khaled Issa said during his participation in the launch of the new version of the game «FIFA 20» that the so-called «secrets of the profession» is also present in football, explained: «Guards coaches ask the goalkeeper to choose a corner to jump four times, to reflect the fifth time, Or jump one way in three shots and reverse in the fourth and fifth times, and that in this way can deal with at least two kicks ».

He continued: «For me in that game, I went to the goal, and then my teammate Hussein Shahat had succeeded in the implementation of the fifth kick successfully, and the result of our advantage 5-4, and I remember that it was the role of the player Enzo Perez, so I decided to work secretly to reverse the corner "I jumped to the left, because I was in the previous four kicks and I went to the right, and I was able to tackle them."

The Al Ain goalkeeper played a prominent role in his team to win the rankings of the Club World Cup 2018 with his outstanding performance during all the games, where he starred in the semi-finals, when he led the «Leader» to beat River Plate on penalties of Argentina 4-4 after the end The original time and the extra two games draw 2-2.

Khaled Issa said that the goalkeepers' response to the penalty shoot-out was due to the luck factor and not the training alone. "Those who played football know that the distance between the two goalkeepers is very close and that the ball is very close to the penalty mark, not as seen on television," he said. Whoever executes the ball shoots with all his strength, and here the goalkeeper has to guess and choose one of the two angles to jump towards ».

And on the new laws passed by FIFA (FIFA) recently, including not to go past the goalkeeper before the implementation of the penalty. Khaled Eissa admitted that the changes made it more difficult for them to deal with the kicks. "We participated in a workshop on the new laws before the start of the season, during which we learned about all the changes, and in my assessment that the task of the goalkeeper has become harder than before to deal with penalties," he said.

Al Ain goalkeeper and the national team pointed out that the penalties depend on the strength of the character and calm nerves, said: «When the penalty outlet quiet can score, everyone may recall what happened in the World Cup final in Germany in 2006 between France and Germany, when Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane carried the penalty in the style of Czech Antonin Paninka in goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon ».

The international Khaled Issa admitted that the goalkeeper is the most pressured football player in the games, explaining: «The goalkeeper's error is a thousand mistakes, and the team costs the loss, unlike other players, especially the attackers, as it can be missed more than a chance, "He has the opportunity to make up, but for the goalkeeper there is no room for compensation, so he has to concentrate all the time."

I wish the arrival of the Saudi Crescent to the world

Al Ain goalkeeper Khaled Issa has expressed his hope that Al Hilal's Saudi team will succeed in following their path to reach the farthest point possible in the Club World Cup once they win the AFC Champions League. He said: “When we appeared at a distinguished level in the World Cup, we not only honored Al Ain or the UAE football, but the Gulf and the entire Arab world, and I hope that this achievement will be repeated from another Arab club, and my wishes that this team will be the Saudi team currently in the Champions League. Asia.