Euro: QF: Switzerland v Spain, 7/2/2021

[Suiteness]

Kicking first, missing your first two kicks, and still winning the shootout. How often does that happen? Spain offered that shootout on a platter to the Swiss.

I think their second went in and the third one was stopped.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Some people say penalties are easy

It should be easier than what ever the f*** I saw. If your coach isn’t a crack head. Lucho is terrible manager.

 

[keonsbitterness]

Spain are seriously born under a lucky football star

Pre-2008 they weren't for a very long time at tournaments.

 

[GKJ]

It should be easier than what ever the f*** I saw. If your coach isn’t a crack head. Lucho is terrible manager.

Was it Germany and Italy in 2016 that was madness on PK’s? It came up in my memories

 

[NyQuil]

The stutter step meant to confuse keepers just ends up confusing the kicker.

 

[Suiteness]

Lol that was one of the worst PK shootouts ever

You've never watched the Africa Cup of Nations?

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Was it Germany and Italy in 2016 that was madness on PK’s? It came up in my memories

Nothing beats brasil and Peru

 

[QuietContrarian]

Pre-2008 they weren't for a very long time at tournaments.

As A Dane, they have always been known as a lucky pest.

 

[robertmac43]

Was it Germany and Italy in 2016 that was madness on PK’s? It came up in my memories

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Swiss I think panicked in that shootout. Semifinal just a bridge too far for them mentally.

 

[Eisen]

Some people say penalties are easy

They are easy if you have no nerves. Only then. Since all humans are cursed with nerves, they are quite hard. You can't train them, you can only fail as a striker.

 

[Sol]

Yikes, France hardest hit. They must be livid seeing the Swiss miss, miss, miss and miss after scoring all 5 against them.

Oops

 

[TJ21]

 

[Eisen]

Was it Germany and Italy in 2016 that was madness on PK’s? It came up in my memories

Yup, what was it? 10 or 11? And a prancing Italian in the end.

 

[Eisen]

That was fast.

 

[Sol]

The stutter step meant to confuse keepers just ends up confusing the kicker.

It's way too risky as well since you lose momentum. If they guess right they will save it for sure because you're not gonna be able to over power them with a hard shot on the correct side.

 

[member 305909]

I'm glad that the Swiss beat the French and I'm glad the Swiss are now out. They have done their share and they can go now.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Yup, what was it? 10 or 11? And a prancing Italian in the end.

I recall seeing some insane shootout in the Copa Libertadores some time between 2012 and 2018 that went to like insane lengths. I forgot who played, what year or what the final score was, but I do recall it lasting forever and having more twists and turns than a Swiss mountain road.

 

[Eisen]

It's way too risky as well since you lose momentum. If they guess right they will save it for sure because you're not gonna be able to over power them with a hard shot on the correct side.

They shouldn't do it. Just shoot precisely and hard.

 

[hatterson]

Watched the pens on replay cause I had a call from work. I should have just skipped.

What an awful showing from professional footballers. The Swiss failures were just abysmal. Absolutely telegraphed the 1st and 2nd miss and then skied the third.

The only thing that would have been more awful would be to have a few of them taken again for keepers off the mark.

 

[Sol]

To be fair, Mbappe was missing all game from great spots. Him missing the penalty was the icing on the cake. And Vargas scored his last pk

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

It was Boca Juniors vs Newell's Old Boys in the 2013 QF. Each side took 13 pens, score ended up 10-9 for Newell's.

 

[ItsFineImFine]

Still fuming about that red card. Yes I've seen that misleading still, it was a yellow not a red.

That's two perfectly good games we've had ruined due to VAR getting it wrong with a combination of poorly written old rules in the sport, first against Sweden now against the Swiss. Sweden likely would've won that game or at least taken it to penalties and I wouldn't count against the Swiss to have won this one 2-1 with how Spain were playing.

 

[koyvoo]

I think their second went in and the third one was stopped.

Ahh. Got it. Was following on a tracker.

 

[Eisen]

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I recall seeing some insane shootout in the Copa Libertadores some time between 2012 and 2018 that went to like insane lengths. I forgot who played, what year or what the final score was, but I do recall it lasting forever and having more twists and turns than a Swiss mountain road.

Haven't seen the game and I also don't remember who played. Just read somewhere. It was some east European lower league, where a penaltyround needed over 50 attempts. I bet at attempt 30 it became boring for the shooters.