England and penalties – this relationship just doesn’t fit!
On Sunday evening England lost the European Championship final against Italy (3: 4 nE) at home at their home in Wembley Stadium – and that due to three missed penalties.
In the centre: Coach Gareth Southgate (50), who replaced Marcus Rashford (23) and Jadon Sancho (21) shortly before the penalty shootout – both of whom missed miserably. In the end, shooting star Bukayo Saka (19) also failed from the point. The final 911 rivet.
But: Could Southgate have prevented the 911 fiasco at Wembley? Didn’t he know a rule of penalties?
The question is whether Southgate could have switched shooters again on penalties …
Yes, he would!
BamS referee Thorsten Kinhöfer (53): “Five shooters have to be reported to the referee. The order doesn’t matter. You can also change your registration during the penalty shoot-out. Theoretically, a player could suddenly drop out because of an upset stomach. ”So Southgate could have prevented the fiasco if he had known and applied this rule!
Photo: ZDF
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Because: Midfielder Jack Grealish would also have been available for the penalty shoot-out. Grealish on Twitter: “I said I wanted to take one. I don’t want people to say that I didn’t want to take a penalty when I said I want to shoot one … “That sounds like heavy criticism of Southgate …
The day after the final, Southgate said, “I chose the penalty takers based on our training performance. We had two penalty takers (Trippier and Rice; editor’s note) who were eliminated early in the game, so I changed the shooters. “
Southgate is out of luck with penalties!
Southgate totally failed as the lead actor in two historic moments in the cathedral of English football: 1996 as a player, 25 years later as a coach: “It feels like my guts have been ripped out.”
Southgate wanted to show the world that he could do better, but then the fiasco followed. Would it have turned out differently, would he have known about the penalty rule?
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