Penalty▶Play

Press anywhere in the lower half of the screen and drag, then release: the ball flies from the spot toward the point where you let go, and the farther that point is from the ball, the stronger the shot. Release above the ball to shoot; the white arrow previews your aim. You can only shoot once the ball is back on the spot.

If the ball reaches the goal line without touching the keeper, you score +1. Every goal makes the keeper slide faster and the goal a little narrower, and each kick the keeper starts from a random position and direction. From the 9th goal on, the keeper also reads your shot and stretches toward where the ball is heading — a little farther with every goal, with no limit. If the keeper saves it, you lose 1 of your 3 lives.

Shots that miss the goal entirely also cost a life.

Goal: most goals before 3 lives run out.

Tips & strategy

The keeper slides side to side at a steady speed (each kick it starts from a random spot and direction), so the whole game is shooting into the space it is leaving, not where it is now. Watch a beat to read its motion, then aim for the corner it is moving away from — a shot to the far post timed as the keeper drifts the other way is almost unstoppable.

Power and placement trade off: a blast straight down the middle is easy for the keeper to be in front of, while a precise shot into a corner beats it but punishes a sloppy aim, since a shot that misses the goal entirely also costs a life. As you score, the keeper speeds up and the goal narrows, and from the 9th goal it starts reading your shot and stretching toward it — a fast, hard shot gives it the least time to reach, so on later kicks go for full power aimed well inside a post. Keep the ball on target above all — a saved shot stings, but a wild miss wastes a life on nothing.