Only the length does it – right? If you take the last trend in the direction of large keepers in football, the styrics Bundesliga clubs now have coarser challenges for them: the “gigantic” Kjell Scherpen (206 cm), Raphael Sallinger (196) and Florian Wiegele (205) support Sturm, Hartberg and Gak. Günter Kreissl, “Head of the goalkeeper” at the ÖFB, analyzes the situation.
“A size of two meters is certainly an advantage with a keeper,” says Günter Kreissl, “but absolutely no basic condition. If you look at the big performance of Inter Milan Sommer in the Champions League, it must be said that it is less than 1.85. Our teamtor holders are no more than 1.85.
Source: Krone
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