FIVE TIPS FOR GETTING IT RIGHT

ENGLAND enter the knockout stages with the worst record of any major international team in penalty shoot-outs: played seven, one won and lost six.

While researching his book Twelve Yards: The Art and Psychology of the Perfect Penalty, Ben Lyttleton learned that the regular excuse of England coaches in the past – that penalties are a lottery and and that you can’t train for them – was nonsense. Here are five things he says England need to consider ...