Goalkeeper, Manuel Neuer (Germany vs Korea 0:2) – World Cup 2018

I remember watching this. I was like, "WTF Neuer, what's he doing!?" And when H. M. Son scored, my brother and I literally laughed our heads off! My brother asked, "Does he think he's Rene Higuita?", because trust me, Higuita would DEFINITELY have done a better job receiving that throw-in without being dispossessed by the Korean defender. I know Higuita was robbed by Roger Milla, which cost Colombia the quarterfinals, but that was because the pass to him was not good and before he could control it properly, Milla robbed him of it. Here, Neuer received the throw-in well, but then tried to dribble, which ultimately cost him. Higuita would have done better in my opinion.

I just realized if germany had used this move since 1940/45,it was called a "Desperate Move" which made them lose

you know that neuer normally is famous for his out of box actions?. but okay xD haha, the rest of the time those actions were good

He gambled it and lost but he tried at the end of the day that's what matters ❤️

Finally seen a Raw video with a mobile camera of a rich guy.

Y were the Korean players crowding around eachother when they scored their second goal when they didn't even make it out of groups

Who else noticed that The second goal shouldn’t be a goal, the substitute players went inside the field before the ball going in

All are blaming neuer do you even know he just recovered 1 month ago from fracture before world cup

It‘s the hail mary of real football

Do u watch football only once in 4years? If not u would have known why he did that.

ノイアー知障だろ

When neuer is on the korean side attacking with the ball. You know things are gonna get tough…..

For those of you who don't understand what Neuer was thinking, he actually made the right decision under the circumstances. When teams are losing and it doesn't matter by how much, it's common for them to send up the goalkeeper as an extra attacking player in an "Everything to gain and nothing to lose" situation.

Granted, it's much more rare in group stage games since goal differential actually matters there, but since this was the last group stage game, it didn't matter if Germany lost by 1 goal, 5 goals, or any other amount. If they lost at all, they were guaranteed to get knocked out. Neuer knew they had to at least draw to have any hope of getting into the last 16, so he moved off the line.

Usually this tactic doesn't work for two reasons:
1. Goalkeepers usually become goalkeepers because they don't perform well as outfield players. Neuer is a special case because he started his career as a midfielder before moving into the goalkeeper position, but it isn't hard to imagine that he's less effective as an outfield player than as a shot stopper.
2. Having one extra man isn't decisive enough to seal a significant advantage. Just look at all the teams that won or at least drew while having 10 players, often because someone from their side got sent off.

But once again, when you have to score to avoid a certain knockout, it's a strategy worth trying. So no, it didn't backfire. He lost the ball and South Korea scored again, but that second goal really didn't matter to them as they would've been eliminated anyway.

I mean it was the last minutes it was all or nothing so he had to be there

He made a mistake and though it caused another goal still he is one of the best goalkeepers in the world

😂😂

Bruh he was one of the best goalie but he always out of attack like he is attacking goalkeeper its super dumb thing to do he isnt even that good to trick players with the ball on he midfield

When the austrian trainer says go to the front you better listen 😳

This is what happens when an amateur faces a pro in a real game.

Vende humo total neuer, tenia 2 compañeros que saben mas que el con los pies déjalos a ellos jugar

DE BEST IN HIFTORY😂😂😂😂

Korea hat die Schwächen der deutschen ausgenutzt