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I think they can, but I think its more physically taxing than people give it credit for. Not even including the jumping and diving around involved.I am never sure why a GK cannot play every day of the week. It is not exactly physically taxing.
As Buffon mentioned, the 6 yard box, is the size of a fairly large kitchen, while the 18yard box is the size of a large flat. A goalkeeper should be moving, and sometimes scurrying across that space. A premier league goalkeeper travels around 4-5 kms per 90 minutes. Which is a fair workout, though I agree not physically that taxing. Keep in mind that a lot of this isn't just walking, but mostly a series of small agile movements, shifting your body across this apartment sized space.
I used to play in goal, and after basically no exercise for 5 years, I played in goal for the first time for a few matches (if you could call a kick about against the wolfsberger youth team a match). It killed me. Which was a bit of a warning sign. But, my point is it's still a physical thing, if you do it properly. Though, It's not particularly against what you were saying.
The reason why I think we wont see a goalkeeper play twice in a row is more likely to do with training regimes than physical capacity though. I would be surprised if we didn't rotate.
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