Penalty shootout is a key link in a football match, which determines the outcome of the game and also reflects the player's personal ability. In the penalty shootout, each team will send five players for the penalty shootout. If it is still a draw, it will enter the stage of sudden death until the outcome is decided.
Operation steps of penalty shootout
1. Draw lots to decide who will make the free throw first.
Before the penalty shootout, the referee will draw lots to decide which team will take the penalty first. Usually, lottery winners will choose to let their opponents make free throws first.
2. Free throw preparation
In the penalty shootout, the penalty shooters need to stand at the penalty spot and face the goalkeeper. Before preparing for free throws, penalty shooters need to be mentally prepared and control their emotions.
3. penalty shooters make free throws
The penalty taker needs to shoot the ball into the opponent's goal to avoid being saved by the goalkeeper. When making a free throw, the penalty taker needs to consider the strength and direction to ensure that the ball can enter the goal.
The goalkeeper saved the ball.
The goalkeeper needs to be prepared before the penalty shooters shoot, and observe the penalty shooters' actions in order to save the opponents' shots as much as possible. The goalkeeper needs to save the team's situation accurately and quickly.
5. Score statistics
After five penalty shooters from each team punish the ball, the referee will count the scores of both sides to decide whether it is necessary to carry out the sudden death stage. If the scores are the same, you need to be punished again.
6. Sudden death stage
In the sudden death stage, each team will send a penalty shooter to make a free throw. If one side scores and the other side doesn't score, the game is over and the scorer wins.