Whenever any tournament reaches the knockout stages, I cannot help getting excited about the possibility we might see one. They are an amazing way to finish a game.
If I know that a shootout is going on somewhere around the world then I will always do my best to find it and watch it. Most of the time I do not really care who wins or loses, I just enjoy seeing how they play out.
I love the drama, the excitement and the mind games that go into them, and I always want to see how all of that is dealt with and executed by the goalkeeper and the penalty taker.
I have been both, so I know how every aspect of the situation feels with success, and failure. I took a penalty for Celtic in a shootout to decide the Scottish Cup semi-final against Aberdeen in April. I hit the post but I made up for it immediately with the save that sent us through.
That was the first competitive spot-kick I had taken since 2009. I had scored that time, for England against Sweden in the semi-final of the European Under-21 Championship when we won on sudden death. But I missed the first one I ever took, in 2005 for Shrewsbury Town against Sheffield United when I was 18. I hit the stanchion... and we lost, but I suppose I can say I never had a spot-kick saved. On all three occasions, though, I was one of the first five takers, because I have always put my name forward to take them – I have not been stepping up reluctantly as 10th or 11th in line.
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