9) Goalkeepers from big clubs have it easier than those from small clubs
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Goalkeepers are generally not given enough credit when any team wins a title. Part of the reason behind this is that people assume that the defence made his life easier through the length of the competition – very rarely does a team with a fragile defence win trophies.
Most of the credit for keeping the scoreline in check goes to the defenders because they are more actively involved in keeping the ball out of danger areas.
Yet, the goalkeepers in these teams are no less involved than those from smaller clubs, who are forced to make more saves and be more proactive. Ultimately, the job of a goalkeeper is to keep out every ball from the back of the net, and to do so, he has to concentrate for the entire length of the game and react accordingly. Just because one goalkeeper is more of a busy body than another, he does not automatically have a tougher job.
Another argument brought up is the fact that goalkeepers from bigger clubs have better defenders playing in front of them and thus have less work to do. That is a futile statement, to say the least, Petr Cech and Gianluigi Buffon constantly are in constant communication with their defenders to ensure everything is in order and to keep a check on the opposition as well.
Professional goalkeepers make hundreds of saves from every possible angle in training. When they are out on the pitch, saving a shot comes about as naturally to them as walking, because they are fully concentrated at every moment in the match – all they need to do while making saves is react timely and keep the ball away from their opponents.
