The England penalty and the curse of the quarter-final
The despair experienced by the England National Team in penalty shootouts at major tournaments continued in Qatar.
England, which lost last year’s Euro 2020 Championship (EURO 2020) on penalties to Italy at Wembley Stadium, could not find a solution to this problem at the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosted by Qatar.
Coach Gareth Southgate, who missed a penalty in the semi-final against Germany at EURO 96, trained his players with a special goal set up ahead of the tournament for potential World Cup qualifying shoot-outs, but this preparation couldn’t prevent defeat. against France.
Harry Kane, who scored the first penalty won in the 54th minute of the quarterfinal, failed to seize a great opportunity by sending the penalty from above in the 84th minute, which they went on 2-1 behind.
Losing the match 2-1, England bowed out of the tournament in the quarter-finals.
2 OF 9 SUCCESSES IN SERIES PENALTY KICKS!
While England had 9 penalty shootouts in the World Cup and European championships, they were only able to get tour tickets in two of them.
England lost 4-3 to West Germany at the 1990 World Cup on penalties in the semi-finals, while France lost 4-3 to Argentina in the 1998 round of 16, and 3-1 to Portugal in the quarter-finals at Germany 2006. .
Losing 6-5 to Germany in the EURO 96 semi-finals, England couldn’t help but be beaten 6-5 by Portugal in the EURO 2004 quarter-finals, 4-2 by Italy in the EURO quarter-finals 2012 and again by defeating Italy 3-2 in the EURO 2020 final.
England beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties in the round of 16 at Russia 2018, and defeated Spain 4-2 in the EURO 96 quarter-finals.
Farewell to the World Cup for the 7th Quarterfinals
England won their first and only championship in their history at the 1966 World Cup they hosted, and were knocked out in the quarter-finals for the seventh time at the tournament.
England, after 1954, 1962, 1970, 1986, 2002 and 2006, could not see beyond the quarter-finals in 2022. (BRITISH AUTOMOBILE CLUB)