The idea you can’t prepare is complete rubbish - Why penalty shootouts are no lottery
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Marcus Rashford prepares for his penalty against Colombia at the 2018 World Cup.
Image: Elmar Kremser/SVEN SIMON
Marcus Rashford prepares for his penalty against Colombia at the 2018 World Cup.
Image: Elmar Kremser/SVEN SIMON
ENGLAND’S PENALTY SHOOT-OUT win over Colombia in the last-16 of the 2018 World Cup was greeted as less a triumph than it was a kind of exorcism, what with it being the first time England had managed to avoid losing a World Cup shootout.
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MADRID: Ibiza, the Spanish third division side from the island which attracts revellers from the around the world, staged a party of their own on Tuesday as they routed La Liga side Celta Vigo 5-2 in a Copa del Rey second round tie.
Ibiza were only formed in 2015 and lost 2-1 in the third round of Spain’s domestic Cup competition last season to Barcelona, having led with less than 20 minutes to play.
They made no mistake in dumping out top-flight opposition this time around, racing into a 3-0 inside the opening half an hour in a match played on artificial turf on the Balearic Island, helped by two goals from Sergio Castel and a Javi Perez strike.