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Originally Posted by gazzae
But if pens are as big a lottery as you say then they would already?
Yet, if penalties are a lottery how come the Germans are so good? Their last loss in a penalty shootout was in 1976!
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Penalties are 50/ 50 literally, to be the best at your profession you need to be confident, almost every single player would fancy their chances from the penalty spot, which is why some people believe that if you asked a team in a final if they would take penalties the majority would say yes.
The Germans do have a remarkable record but if they were that confident why don't they play for penalties? I have seen occasions when they have been lucky to get penalties but I don't recall them ever playing for them, even when they have been in decline they don't. Sports psychologists would tell us that taking penalties is all about focusing, confidence and self belief maybe the German footballer has these qualities in abundance.
You talk of lotteries, but sport in general is a lottery, what I feel we have to do though is find a way to get the best result for the game and whilst it is impractical to do this for every game we should at least be able to do it for the sport's showpiece.
In some ways I would say that the goalden goal is more of a lottery than penalties as it could come down to a simple mistake in injury time, or to look at it another way the fear of going into extra time may inspire the players in normal time and I still think it is a better way to decide who is World Champions.