By Chris Wright
Never scared of pushing a boundary into an envelope to break new ground, OGC Nice’s reserve string tested out a daring new free-kick defence stratagem against top side Grenoble in the French amateur tier on Saturday.
The avant garde formation basically saw Nice’s goalkeeper stationed in front of the wall waving his arms about, while the wall itself was lined up along the goal-line behind him…
Test conclusion: Roaring success!
This could be the next step in football’s continuing evolution, with AC Milan debuting a similarly daring new “double/triple wall” technique against Atalanta a couple of Sunday’s ago…
We tell you, this is the future people.