Are Penalties Football's Toughest Test?
A World Cup penalty shoot-out: for the players it's the ultimate test of nerve and skill, for fans it's time to watch between your fingers and pray for divine intervention. But why is it so hard for an elite footballer to score a free shot from 12 yards? Through interviews with journalists, psychologists, players and goalkeepers, FourFourTwo delves deep into the science of the spot-kick.
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00:02 - I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy
00:10 to go out there and have to take a penalty
00:13 and a penalty shootout.
00:14 - Please don't miss, please don't miss, please don't miss.
00:18 It's not a nice place to be.
00:20 - Yeah, I've never been under so much pressure
00:23 mentally, physically.
00:28 - I think the number one rule of penalties
00:30 is do not change what you're comfortable with.
00:32 Make the decision and stick to it.
00:33 - Is this is a chance to show the world
00:37 that you've got a massive amount of bottle?
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