Chinanews client, Beijing, July 12 (Bian Liqun) lost to Italy with a total score of 3:4. In the European Cup final in the early morning of the 12th, Beijing time, the talented England team was optimistic about winning the championship before the game. Next, it fell on a penalty shootout, which they are always not good at.

England team Kane comforted Saka who missed a key penalty kick.

　　In the overtime period of the game, England, playing at home, even played the "safety ball" in a hurry. They replaced Rashford and Sancho in the 119th minute. It seemed that they had planned to kick a penalty kick early. , Appeared prepared, but the end result was self-defeating and defeated...

　　Rashford and Sancho, who came off the bench for the England team at the last minute, missed consecutive penalties, while the fifth penalty shooter Saka was only 19 years old. With a tender face, he made a free throw that was a matter of life and death, but failed. Withstanding the pressure, he was saved mercilessly by the 22-year-old Italian goalkeeper Donnarumma, who became the latter's wedding dress for being crowned the best player of the European Cup.

Italy defeated England 4:3 (3:2 penalty) and won the European Cup again after more than half a century.

　　I don't know if England coach Southgate recalled that night in 1996, after the defeat, England played against Germany in the semifinals. They also played at Wembley at home and lost to their opponents in a penalty kick.

Southgate was the one who missed the key penalty kick.

　　Maybe fate?

Or is it young tuition?

If Rashford’s penalty didn’t hit the post, but was lucky to score, would Sancho and Saka behind him also not miss, and this would make the young generation of England a great career?

　　However, there are not so many ifs in reality. Competitions have always been winners and losers. After the defeat, various problems are infinitely magnified under the result-oriented logic.

Data map: England coach Southgate.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun

　　At the press conference after the game, England coach Southgate took the initiative to take the blame: "I arrange the candidates and order of penalty kicks based on the performance of the players in usual training. No one is asking for a penalty kick. It is my decision that is arranged by me, and the responsibility lies with me."

　　Looking back at the history of the European Cup, there were not many penalties in the final. Only in the 1976 final, Czechoslovakia defeated the Federal Republic of Germany in a penalty shootout with a total score of 7:5.

　　In that game, the two teams drew 2:2 before the penalty shootout. Czechoslovakia made all the hits in the first four rounds, but the German team's fourth appearance by Hones flew the penalty.

　　In the crucial fifth round, Palenka kicked a classic spoon penalty to help Czechoslovakia win the championship.

On the other hand, the "Football King" Beckenbauer, who was preparing to take the final penalty kick, could only regret to swallow the bitter fruit of the defeat.

The Italian team celebrated their championship.

　　The current European Cup champion Italy team also has an indissoluble bond with the penalty shootout. In addition to this final, the Italian team has had 7 penalty shootouts in the European Cup and achieved 4 wins and 3 losses.

　　Of course, the most impressive thing is the sorrow and joy they experienced in the World Cup final.

　　In the 1994 World Cup final, Italy and Brazil failed to score in 120 minutes. Both sides lost the ball in the first round of the penalty shootout. In the following two rounds, Albertini, Romario, Evani and Blanco all succeeded in penalizing. In.

In the fourth round, Massaro took a penalty kick and was saved, Dunga made the penalty.

　　In the fifth round, it was Baggio's turn to take the penalty. If the penalty was missed, the game would end early. As a result, the Italian prince took the penalty high. The Italian team lost 2:3 in the penalty shootout and lost the championship.

　　Pele in the stands shouted, and Baggio, who missed the penalty kick, was lonely and unwilling to leave for a long time. This picture has become an eternal classic in the history of the World Cup.

Italian fans celebrate the victory.

　　In the 2006 World Cup, the Italians once again reached the final. They drew 1:1 with the French team in 120 minutes and entered a brutal penalty shootout.

　　Both sides made a penalty in the first round, Materazzi made a penalty in the second round, and Trezeguet hit the frame with a penalty.

Both sides successfully scored in the next two rounds.

In the fifth round, Italy won the championship as long as it scored a penalty. Left-back Grosso finally lived up to expectations. The fake action tricked Bartez into the goal, and Italy won the cup as it wished.

The Italian players have won the cup as hoped.

　　In the knock-out stage of this European Cup, there were four penalty shoot-outs, all of which appeared in the "dead half zone" where Italy is located.

　　In other words, excluding the final finals, as many as 3 out of the 7 knockout matches in Italy's half have experienced penalty shootouts.

　　First in the 1/8 finals, the World Cup champion France lost to Switzerland in a penalty shootout and was eliminated.

In the quarter-finals that followed, the Swiss team once again entered a penalty shoot-out and lost to Spain.

In the semi-finals, Spain also entered consecutive penalty shootouts and eventually lost to Italy.

　　In the final, Italy broke the "curse", won the "relay" of this penalty shootout, and crowned the European Cup champion.

　　There are so many penalty shoot-outs in the knockout stage of the European Cup. It does mean "European Penalty Cup", but it shows that the strengths of the strong teams are very close. Strike out.

Bonucci picked up the trophy.

　　The penalty kick rule was first used in rugby.

The idea of ​​penalty kicks in football was first proposed by businessman and goalkeeper McCrumm, but penalty kicks occurred relatively late in the knockout stages of the European Cup, World Cup and other major tournaments.

　　Later, it was the German Wald who proposed the idea of ​​a penalty kick, and before the penalty kick was introduced, if there was a tie in the World Cup, the match could only be replayed on another day.

At the Olympic Games, the lucky draw was used to determine who is the lucky one to advance.

In 1970, the FIFA high-level meeting discussed and passed a penalty shoot-out proposal, and this rule is still in use today.

　　However, in 2006, Wald, who introduced the penalty kick, said that he regretted bringing this rule to the World Cup and world football stadiums.

He also firmly believes that one day penalty kicks will disappear from the World Cup and world football.

On July 3, in the quarter-finals of Switzerland against Spain, Spain eliminated the Swiss team through a penalty kick.

The picture shows the moment when the penalty kick ends, the Spanish players rushed to the sidelines to celebrate.

　　So will the penalty shoot-out really disappear?

At least from the current point of view, there is no better alternative.

　　Compared with previous rematches or draws, penalty kicks not only ensure that the football game can be played within the specified time, but also relatively ensure fairness.

At the same time, for viewing, the suffocating cruelty of penalty kicks will make people hooked. Even passers-by who don’t pay attention to football will inevitably be attracted by penalty kicks, because this type of duel is simple, direct, and Exciting, and not long, the rhythm is very tight.

　　Of course, I have to say that the way a penalty shoot-out decides the outcome also has a lot of luck. For example, Baggio and his Italian team unfortunately lost in the penalty shoot-out. Their performance in the 1994 World Cup was completely worthy of a championship.

　　In this case, penalty kicks have also been used in the past few decades and have become a means for some weak teams to counterattack, giving birth to conservatism.

　　For example, in the 1986 UEFA Champions League, the Bucharest Stars used an extremely conservative contraction method to completely suppress the crazy attack of the La Liga giants Barcelona in the 120 minutes of the game. Finally, with the excellent performance of the goalkeeper, they saved consecutive penalty kicks to win the championship trophy.

On June 29, in the quarter-finals of the European Cup, the last World Cup champion France lost to the Swiss team in a penalty shootout and was eliminated, becoming one of the biggest upsets in this competition.

The French team had a 3:1 lead in this game. Before the end of the game, the Swiss team's goals from Seferovic and Gavranovic made the Swiss team equalized at the buzzer.

　　The England and Italy finals also have this "taste". In order to drag into the penalty shootout, the two sides in the second half of the overtime coincidentally played the "safety ball" and took time. This kind of scene is completely for neutral fans. A kind of torture.

"Since ancient times the unnamed game of the game" this sentence, to a certain extent, originated from this.

Football should not have been swallowed up by conservatism.

　　But it has to be said that if you use an overtime like basketball and then overtime until the outcome of the game is determined, a relatively slow-paced football game, time will be extremely uncontrollable.

No one wants to lose. They simply play around together. In this way, the players can safely put the ball around. If the game does not know when the game is going to be played, conservatism will become more widespread, and the charm of the football game will also be due to this. Greatly discounted.

Italy goalkeeper Donnarumma saved a penalty.

　　What if the overtime golden ball system of the 1990s was restored?

In overtime, the side with the first goal wins.

　　Under this kind of fear of sudden death, conservatism will grow even more, and no one dares to attack, because they cannot afford the consequences of "sudden death" after being counterattacked.

This is also a major reason why the Golden Globe system was cancelled.

　　It can only be said that the rules are relatively fair, and there is no absolute fairness.

Penalty kicks are currently relatively fair rules of the game that everyone can basically accept.

　　And in a penalty shootout, in addition to a test of luck, it is also a major test of the team's psychological quality.

Luck has come back and forth. Italy’s regrets in 1994 will make up for it in 2006.

And the German team, which has always been stable in the penalty shoot-out, is definitely not just a blessing of luck.

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