World Cup 2010 - such a shame

South Africa beat Colombia at Soccer City and we got first look at what the World Cup goalnets will look like -


World Cups used to be about innovation, in tactics, strips and goalnets. Even the free-hanging boxnet was an innovation in its day. But that was 36 years ago. One can only mourn South Africa's spurning the opportunity to set a new trend in on-field architecture, such a shame.

Goalnets and Aesthetics #3 - Two penalties

Both are taken in the same stadium - at the same end of that stadium - though you wouldn't know that to look at the videos.



Both go low to the goalkeeper's right but the lighting, the grass, the ball, the goalkeeper's dive, the goalposts and the goalnets themselves are all different.



Everything's different. In the 13 years separating these two penatlies, everything had changed.

But in the simple aesthetic of the ball hitting the net, the two penalties are the same.