England national football team begins penalty shootout training in preparation for the 2022 World Cup

England coach Gareth Southgate said that he has started training players on penalties in preparation for the 2022 World Cup, which will be held in Qatar.

And after the England national team defeated Colombia in the 2018 World Cup, and finished third in the European Nations League finals the following year, after winning the penalty shootout against the Swiss team, the British national team suffered, the British news agency “BA Media” reported. From a familiar heartbreak last summer.

Southgate, who missed a pivotal penalty kick in the semi-finals of the European Championship (Euro 1996) against Germany, watched England lose on penalties to Italy in the European Championship final at Wembley Stadium.

The former defender has always emphasized his belief that success in penalty kicks is about skill, not luck, which is why the England team began training on penalty kicks before the World Cup begins in November.

"We got into different details with the players about the things they need to develop to be world champions," Southgate said.

“We didn't have the opportunity to do this in detail in the fall as we should have been focusing on the qualifying matches, so we felt it was a good time in this camp to start this up.

Penalties were part of that.”

He added: "What is clear, in terms of permanent penalty takers with their clubs, that we only have Harry Kane and James Ward Bruce."

He added: “Marcus Rashford, in terms of penalty kicks, could be the second highest number, but Bruno Fernandes is the main Manchester United penalty taker. Kane is at the same level, followed by Rashford with 20."

"So we'll have to look at this differently than just accepting that they're going to train for this at their clubs, that they're going to be able to pay it back, and that's the challenge we've put in with some individual work," Southgate said.

And he added: “We think that is the right thing to do, and yes we think they may feel that this is a bit early, but it is necessary, if you exclude match days, and the day after the match, you are probably talking about 20 days of training from now until this situation is going to happen in the playoffs.”

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