Penalties are currently a hot topic thanks to Manchester United's recent mishaps, with both Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford missing from the spot within the space of a week. It shouldn’t be difficult, should it? Slotting a ball away from 12 yards past a rigid goalkeeper who’s barely got time to react to your ballistic missile of a shot before it hurtles past his face and into the back of the net. However, as we've again been reminded by further cases of dead ball misery, this fairly modest appearing task can be immeasurably difficult at times. Indeed, it's the very reason why clubs devise and employ certain strategies for when the time comes, to address these very issues and seize what...
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