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PR or Luck? (Time management)/Other sports
Posted By: Colin Owen In Response To: PR or Luck? (Time management)/Other sports (Bob Koca)
Date: Sunday, 14 February 2016, at 4:42 p.m.
In soccer there was, perhaps, a famous analogy.
In the penalty shootout that decided the drawn (after extra time) semi final of the 2012 European Championships between Portugal and Spain, Portugal's regular penalty kick taker, Ronaldo, was placed 5th in the list, and never got to take one, as his team had already lost. Such a shootout might, in extremis, be decided after just 3 kicks each. But, apart from this very rare scenario the 4th and - IF they occur - subsequent kicks are the most pressure ridden; renowned penalty takers are probably best at coping with the stress here, therefore.
One suspects, however, that Ronaldo, who has a reputation for being somewhat narcissistic, may have wanted to take the 5th penalty as it was perhaps the most likely to be the concluding and winning one. Shame.
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