Goalkeeper's glove with a gusset

A goalkeeper's glove, comprising a thumb, a forefinger limiting, together with the thumb, a gusset space, the thumb and the forefinger forming part of an inner hand surface of the glove;

• a gusset located in the gusset space;
• first and second edge seams associated with a thumb region and a forefinger region of the inner hand surface, respectively, and narrowly defining a limited inner cross-section of the thumb and the forefinger, respectively, both edge seams running toward the gusset;
• a flexible gusset layer provided in the gusset space on the inner hand surface and secured to the glove with the first and second edge seams, wherein the gusset layer has a tear-resistant free edge extending between the first and second edge seams and spaced from the gusset along the thumb by at least one-fourth of the thumb length, the gusset layer widening away from the gusset, and wherein the gusset layer is formed by an insert that, upon being folded backwards, forms the free edge.