Penalty shootouts: how Australia can avoid the cruellest World Cup fate | Jack Snape

The Socceroos have never gone to spot kicks in a men’s World Cup but can turn to strategies as they prepare for the last-32 clash with Egypt ⚽️ How and where to watch the Socceroos games in Australia ⚽️ Full Socceroos coverage | Player guide Germany know it . So do the Netherlands . The pain of the penalty shootout is the cruellest fate in football, the individual spotlight on the kickers serving only to embarrass those who fail the sport’s most basic test. Australians understand the stakes well too. Though the Socceroos have never faced a shootout in a World Cup, the most replayed moment in t

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