{"id":548642,"date":"2026-07-19T06:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T06:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/548642\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T06:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T06:49:10","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-sees-major-increase-in-goals-from-outside-the-box-world-cup-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/548642\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026 sees major increase in goals from outside the box | World Cup 2026 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-label__link\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/fifa-world-cup-2026\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-label__image\" height=\"22.5\" width=\"222.75\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784443749_117_Post-Label-Image-Option-1-1780213226.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"World Cup 2026 post label\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subhead\">A trend of teams defending deep has enticed forwards to take shots from outside the penalty area, Jurgen Klinsmann says.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"avatar\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/ali_harb_200919153312036\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image001-1721915333.jpg\"   aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published On 19 Jul 202619 Jul 2026<\/p>\n<p>The proportion of goals scored from outside the box has doubled at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/7\/18\/latin-america-unites-to-cheer-against-argentina-in-fifa-world-cup-final\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the World Cup<\/a> in North America from the previous tournament in Qatar, FIFA says.<\/p>\n<p>Sixteen percent of the goals scored in this World Cup came from outside the penalty area, versus 8 percent in 2022, FIFA\u2019s Technical Study Group (TSG) revealed on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p>Football experts explained the reason behind the increase: a trend of teams defending in a low bloc and pushing the opposition to try their luck from long range.<\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klinsmann, a member of FIFA\u2019s TSG, said the large number of players in and around the box also makes it more difficult for goalkeepers to track the ball from afar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no space \u2013 eight, nine players are in the box or outside the box, so it is definitely a recipe for shots from the outside,\u201d the former US national team manager told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something fun for us coaches to watch \u2026 We saw some beautiful goals that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arsene Wenger, FIFA\u2019s chief of football development, also paid tribute to the quality of the shots being taken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe balls look fast. Shots \u2013 they delivered rockets from outside the box, really. The ball \u2013 boom, the quality of the shots was great in this tournament,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina, in particular, have relied on long-range shots while trailing to break down sides sitting deep.<\/p>\n<p>The team has scored five goals from outside the box, including the screamer from Enzo Fernandez that brought them back into the match in the 85th minute of the semifinal against England.<\/p>\n<p>Julian Alvarez also hit a spectacular curler from 22 yards out against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/7\/12\/argentina-defeat-switzerland-to-set-up-england-semifinal-at-world-cup-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">10-man Switzerland<\/a> in extra time to help book Argentina\u2019s place in the semifinal.<\/p>\n<p>In the third-place match on Saturday, English midfielder Declan Rice found the bottom corner from outside the box in the third minute in what turned out to be one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/7\/18\/kylian-mbappe-breaks-all-time-world-cup-scoring-record-with-22nd-goal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wildest encounters<\/a> of the World Cup, with France losing 6-4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A trend of teams defending deep has enticed forwards to take shots from outside the penalty area, Jurgen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,43,2224,105,1032,1156,101640],"class_list":["post-548642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-us-canada","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}