Retired legendary Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon recently said in an interview that he supports the expansion of the goal, believing that the current goalkeeper is taller, resulting in a less efficient long-range goal.
In an interview with Torino Sport, Buffon touched on the topic of widening the goal, with the legendary Italian goalkeeper saying: "I've been talking about this at home lately. Since 1998, I've been one of the tallest players in Serie A. Last year at Parma I was the highest, but it was limited to 22 players on the pitch, not the whole league. ”
These dimensions have been determined since 1875 and have not changed since then, it may have been a bit excessive at the time, then we can say that in half a century they were right. Now, seeing some of the goalkeepers and players, I have doubts. Besides, even volleyball is thinking about increasing the height of the net. ”
Well, it's not something I can decide, it's the agency in charge of it, and they're going to think about it and analyze it. It must be said that if the goalkeeper becomes bigger and taller, the other non-goalkeeper players will also be faster and shoot harder. In terms of the efficiency of long-range shots, there is a big difference: 30 years ago you could score one goal every five long-range shots, today it's good if you can score three goals every 50 long-range shots. ”