- Aug 27, 2013
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Not really mate. The purpose of the wall is to divide and conquer - the wall has responsibility for half the goal, the keeper has responsibility for the other half. In this case the wall was blocking the near post, and the keeper has responsibility for the far post.The positioning of the wall was at fault, but that player was also a waste of space.
Regardless of where the goalkeeper is, the wall should be attempting to block the most likely path to the goal. They don't block the left for the sake of it.
I very much doubt you'd find a PL team set up like that at all. It's just a case of smashing it to the keeper's left, and nothing like the technicality required in Eriksen's FKs.
In most cases, that is how the wall is set up - wall guards near post, keeper has far post.