poklane said:
It isn't. Football is a team sport, penalties have nothing to do with a team sport, it's all about individuals. |
Penalties still has a team element to it. It's individual in skill/composure and turn-based, but the point system is collective. So if you miss your shot, your keeper/teammates can still bail you out by saving and making their shots. Your team can still win despite your mistake.
Even when it gets to the sudden death stage, it's not individual because all that has transpired before has culminated to that point. The progression is as a team effort.
There was a pompous sports analyst on 1050am here in Canada who was arguing about penalties being individual. His arrogance got me so enraged I wanted to call in and tell the fucker off.
