There’s a lot of talk of the best strategy for penalty shootouts, and I’m wondering what top teams in international football now employ.
The reason I ask is that after the England-Swiss game, there was talk about how now you put the best penalty takers up first and FOURTH, as apparently fourth is the most important one, but I never knew this.
And also there is an ‘optimum’ pause between when the whistle goes and when you take the penalty, but what is it?!
Any information would be appreciated.
Ty
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It’s about creating pressure on your opponents and reducing it on your own team. You put your most reliable up first to get off to a good start. If you miss that one, you risk playing catch up for the rest. Miss the first one and every penalty after that is a must score.
I believe that for a long time the final penalty was considered the next most important, but it was realised that the final penalty regularly isn’t taken. If you’ve missed one, and the other team has scored 5, they don’t bother with the final one.
If we get to a point where it’s 3-2, and your team has missed one, you want to be certain of scoring the next penalty. If you miss it the opposition has two chances to win the game – their fourth penalty is relatively low stakes. If you’re on the other team, you want to make sure you score your 4th penalty as that means the opposition has two must score kicks coming up. If
The mental calculations can change if you take the first penalty, as you’re more likely to take 5 shots.
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