Well, that was rather disappointing. England lost the Euro finals to Italy on penalties. We have been told that they practice penalties every day. If that is the case, why do some players still think their best bet is to trick the goalie and dink the ball into the net. If you assume that a good professional footballer can hit the ball at up to 80mph, then it only takes half of a second for the ball to cross the goal line. It is likely to take a goalkeeper 6/10ths of a second to get from the centre of the goal to either post. The science says don't dink the ball about - just hit it hard and on target.
(To extend this, most goalkeepers decide early which way they will dive in order to give themselves a chance. Blasting the ball straight down the middle is often the best strategy as the goalie will vacate that spot as he dives).
Finally, if a penalty is saved then you did not miss a penalty. It was saved. If you miss the target, then it is your fault and it is a miss. We only missed one penalty last night... but did have two saved.
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