Shoot down the middle
Penalty shootouts have haunted English football fans for years. Since 1990, England have been involved in nine shootouts across the European Championship and World Cup competitions and won only two of them: a dismal record for what is supposed to be a premier footballing nation. An estimated 31 million people in the UK tuned in to watch England play Italy in the Euros final of 2021, only for the team’s journey to be ended by the all-too-familiar nemesis. So with