Shooting football inside with not necessarily the best lens usually meant very noisy images before. When Topaz came out I would use that to denoise photos, but now the AI denoiser in Lightroom has become so good and that is what I used on this photo. Shot at 8,000 iso (but I commonly shoot at an even higher iso) on a Nikon Z9 with a Sigma 150-600 mm lens.
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Great catch for both the football player and you!