1998 vs the Argies
2004 vs France (Becks) and later Portugal (Becks and Co)
and who could forget Flumps and Gerrard vs Portugal in 2006 ?
the CL Final that Chelsea lost, and that forced Ballack to faint, will always be remembered for Terry wanting to be a leader
and now
ManU vs Spurs in the League Cup
PENALTIES
the foreigners score
the Englanders do NOT
and Bernd's heart is broken yet again
http://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article3307456/Englaender-sollten-keine-Elfmeter-mehr-schiessen.html
I think it was a Scandinavian scientist who analysed penalties and found out that English players were simply too nervous
or terrified
apparently, the successful penalty takers TAKE THEIR TIME
they LOOK at the goalie
they wait for the right moment
ENGLISH players tended to just take the ball, put it on the spot, turn around, and immediately hit the ball, without even looking up and placing it
they want to GET IT OVER WITH
with the kind of results that amuse the rest of the world
why Mourinho allowed Terry to take the penalty
why Redknapp did not insist on foreign players taking over
we will never know
what we DO know though, is that as long as England do not sort out their weakness from the spot kick, they will NEVER win the EUropean or World Cup
wahre Geschichte
Hargreaes learnt to convert them in Munich, van der Vaart in Hamburg
maybe "a few years in the BUndesliga" should become compulsory for ENglish lions
here are some memories