If Sunday’s World Cup closing turns into the third to go to penalties then coaches Didier Deschamps of France and Argentina’s Lionel Scaloni ought to keep away from the temptation to throw on a “penalty specialist” on the finish of additional time – as a result of it by no means works.
Information analyst Nielsen Gracenote regarded on the comparatively latest pattern and located that of the seven gamers introduced on on the finish of additional time within the World Cup or European Championship to take a penalty, all seven missed, with 5 of their groups dropping the shootout.
It first occurred on the 2006 World Cup, when England supervisor Sven Goran Eriksson determined that centre-back Jamie Carragher’s expertise outweighed any potential technical flaw, however was proved improper.
It was 10 years till it occurred once more, at Euro 2016, whereas three gamers got here on for the job eventually yr’s Euros and two at this yr’s World Cup.
It could seem that the optimistic side of bringing on a talented finisher, somebody a coach feels can cope with the stress, is countered by the participant having not touched a ball for 2 hours or extra, most of that point spent sitting down.
“There’s one thing known as the ‘warm-up decrement’ that’s not a lot about damage prevention however the diploma of warm-up you’d do earlier than a motor-skill,” Matt Miller-Dicks, Senior Lecturer in Ability Acquisition within the College of Sport, Well being and Train Science on the College of Portsmouth, instructed Reuters.
“There’s an evaluation on this lately with the NBA and free throws the place they discovered that the place there was a set of double free throws, the success price for the second throw was higher in comparison with the primary after which equally within the case of any triple free throws the success price will increase with every successive throw.
“This factors to the truth that for a selected ability like a penalty kick, should you’ve simply come on as a sub you’re much less in a position to carry out a motor ability with the identical accuracy since you’re much less ready.”
The lower than magnificent seven
Jamie Carragher, England v Portugal, 2006 World Cup quarterfinal. England misplaced 3-1.
Carragher got here on within the 119th minute instead of winger Aaron Lennon and took England’s fourth penalty after each groups had already missed two and Carragher wanted to attain to make it 2-2. His poor shot was simply saved by Ricardo and Cristiano Ronaldo scored the subsequent penalty to ship Portugal via.
Simone Zaza, Italy v Germany, Euro 2016, quarterfinal. Italy misplaced 6-5.
Zaza got here on within the 121st minute for Giorgio Chiellini. Taking Italy’s second penalty after each groups had scored their first, Zaza took about 15 knee-pumping steps on the spot earlier than hammering the ball over the bar. It went to 9 penalties every earlier than Germany received.
Rodri Spain v Switzerland, Euro 2020 quarterfinal. Spain received 3-1.
Rodri got here on within the 119th minute for Pedri and took Spain’s third penalty after every workforce had missed one. Rodri despatched his shot to Yann Sommer’s left however not far sufficient and he saved it.
Nonetheless, Switzerland missed their third and fourth penalties whereas Spain scored each of their subsequent two to win 3-1.
Marcus Rashford, England v Italy, Euro 2020 closing. England misplaced 3-2.
Rashford got here on at Wembley with Jadon Sancho within the a hundred and twentieth minute for Kyle Walker and Jordan Henderson. With the rating 2-2 within the shootout, however with Italy having missed one, England had the benefit. But Rashford, after a stuttering run-up, despatched his effort in opposition to the left-hand publish.=
Sancho, England v Italy, Euro 2020 closing. England misplaced 3-2.
After Rashford’s miss, Italy scored to go 3-2 up. Sancho clipped his effort to Gianluigi Donnarumma’s left however nicely inside attain and it was saved. Italy missed their fifth try, which left Bukayo Saka with the prospect to maintain the shootout going however his was additionally saved and Italy had been European champions.
Pablo Sarabia, Spain v Morocco, World Cup 2022, final 16. Spain misplaced 3-0.
Sarabia was a 118th minute substitute for Nico Williams and though he was introduced on for the penalty shootout, he almost received the match when he hit the precise publish with the final kick of additional time. Recent from that close to miss he took Spain’s first penalty, however hit it in opposition to the opposite publish.
Badr Benoun, Morocco v Spain, World Cup 2022, final 16. Morocco win 3-0.
In the identical shootout Benoun got here on for Azzedine Ounahi within the a hundred and twentieth minute. He took the third penalty for Morocco along with his workforce main 2-0 after Spain had missed each of theirs. He did not appear to attach correctly and his softly-struck shot was simply saved by Unai Simon. His disappointment was short-lived, nonetheless, as Sergio Busquets made it three misses out of three for Spain, leaving Achraf Hakimi to attain and ship Morocco into the quarterfinals.