Soccer penalty shootouts got to be the most tense moment in any sport

[Panmisiek]

Especially when your own team plays.

 

[sh1tehawke]

I feel slightly sick watching them even when I don't care about who wins. They're brutal.

 

[EndlessCritic]

Especially when your own team plays.

You're in the world cup and posting on sherdog?

 

[FierceRedBelt]

Aren't Hockey penalty shoot outs essentially the same exact thing on ice, with a smaller goal, and faster?

 

[BillytheFish]

The denmark croatia penalties were awesome to watch. It must be a strange feeling since its the only aspect of the game that relies on the individual, in what is otherwise a team sport.

 

[Doomer]

Croatia vs. Denmark was intense.

 

[bubbleboyjones]

Aren't Hockey penalty shoot outs essentially the same exact thing on ice, with a smaller goal, and faster?

Thats only regular season games. Shootouts at the World Cup level are pretty intense.

 

[neverwas]

so people say its the worst way to settle a gamer can't think of a better way, its beyond nerve wracking.

 

[bubbleboyjones]

I think MMA shootout needs to be added to the rules. If a tie happens then Herb Dean rolls out a punch machine to the center of the octagon and they do a best of 5

 

[Fuzzybabyducks]

whenever your team is in a win/lose situation its tense... its like when the GOAT METS are one out from winning the world series but the bases are loaded in the bottom of the ninth...id be tense if that ever happened

I think stoppage time when the team has the ball on your side and the games tied or your only up by one is more tense.

 

[Fedorgasm]

It's stupid.

You're basically saying that soccer is so terrible at deciding who the better team is, that you literally have to play a completely different game at the end.

 

[Headkicktoleg]

Pretty lame that soccer is decided by who can flop the most

 

[FierceRedBelt]

I think MMA shootout needs to be added to the rules. If a tie happens then Herb Dean rolls out a punch machine to the center of the octagon and they do a best of 5

Not one clean cross thrown. That's fucking embarrassing for MMA.

 

[DarkneT]

Spain and Russia was evil to watch

 

[TribalDrumz]

Too much flopping for free kicks Around the box to even get to that point...

 

[bdthrill]

Shit way to end a game in my opinion. So much luck involved. Spain absolutely dominated versus Russian and lose in a shoot out. Game is dumb. Also didn’t care who won just think it’s a terrible system. That being said, not sure how to fix it

 

[bdthrill]

so people say its the worst way to settle a gamer can't think of a better way, its beyond nerve wracking.

That’s me. I would say play until someone scores. Maybe each team takes a player out every 10 minutes or something I don’t know. Doesn’t seem like justice when a clearly inferior team wins a shoot out

 

[Thai Domi]

Aren't Hockey penalty shoot outs essentially the same exact thing on ice, with a smaller goal, and faster?

More exciting imo

 

[ITOT1]

This needs to be put in action for the next world cup. Let both the shooter and gk do some extra work atleast.

 

[Ignicious]

I've been working this weekend, and missed 4 games. In those games, Germany, Portugal, Argentina and Spain got eliminated. So if I skip a couple of the next games we might end up with Croatia vs Switzerland in the final (if brackets allows)