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"I get goosebumps" | Neuer, Kahn & Maier about the fascination of penalty shootouts - YouTube
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It鈥檚 the last resort,
it鈥檚 a penalty shootout.
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It鈥檚 always nerve-jangling.
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It all comes down to this.
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Neuer!
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Even when you feel
like you鈥檝e won it,
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so much can still happen.
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This is where it鈥檚 decided
whether sportsmen become legends,
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in two respects.
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There are a few
psychological games.
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That mind game,
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it鈥檚 really gripping.
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You鈥檙e asking the wrong person,
I rarely saved a penalty.
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I was never really good
at saving penalties.
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It also doesn鈥檛 happen
that often at FC Bayern
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that we have to face a shootout,
which is why it鈥檚 always special.
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We鈥檙e going to a penalty shootout.
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I鈥檝e got to say it was
very good in Gladbach.
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And I think that was also
the same season as
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Real Madrid, and both
worked out well.
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They were not long
after each other,
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so they were very special
penalty shootouts.
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We鈥檙e going to a penalty shootout.
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It鈥檚 still very vivid.
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It was just a highlight because
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I think the game was on
a knife edge anyway,
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was very tight, in both legs.
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And that鈥檚 why I think,
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when two big teams face each other
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and it鈥檚 a European knockout game,
that it鈥檚 always special.
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Prevailing and saving a penalty
from such special players
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is really great for a goalkeeper.
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It鈥檚 Cristiano Ronaldo first up.
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Ronaldo against Neuer.
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Neuer! Neuer saves it!
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He鈥檚 scored two goals today.
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And now Manuel Neuer.
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A penalty shootout
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is always something special,
especially for us goalkeepers.
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I think they鈥檙e a good thing.
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It鈥檚 far better than
a coin toss.
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I also think it鈥檚 better than
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that penalty shootout when you
dribble at the goalkeeper with the ball
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and take them on one-on-one.
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So, I think a penalty shootout
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is the right way to settle a game.
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There鈥檚 no way out now.
You can鈥檛 keep saying
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we鈥檝e got another game
and another game.
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No, this is where it's decided
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whether sportsmen become legends,
in two senses.
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And that鈥檚 what makes these
moments of tension
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for everyone in penalty shootouts.
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I think it鈥檚 most uncomfortable
for the [outfield] players.
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The goalkeeper has nothing to lose,
he can only win.
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And it鈥檚 the peak of drama
for spectators.
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You can often only
win as a goalkeeper,
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but you can still also
lose a lot.
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Especially when you go into
a shootout as the favourites,
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when you鈥檙e playing against a
supposedly smaller team.
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It鈥檚 always nerve-jangling.
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And the most important thing is,
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I think, to always keep a
cool head as a goalkeeper.
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When he saves one,
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then he鈥檚 the hero.
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I was never really good
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at saving penalties.
I think I was quite average,
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but it doesn鈥檛 matter. You have to
be there when it comes down to it.
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Thankfully that was the case in 2001.
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We鈥檙e going to a penalty shootout.
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It鈥檚 all open for FC Bayern.
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Boys, please, please, please
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bring this trophy back to Munich,
to S盲bener Stra脽e for the first time in 25 years!
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If you can see that expression,
that鈥檚 100 per cent will to win from Oliver Kahn.
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Zahovic is taking his time.
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Outstanding Oliver Kahn!
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That wasn鈥檛 an easy one.
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I told Sepp Maier for fun
after the game
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that I鈥檓 not great at penalties.
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Thankfully they put their efforts
straight at me three times.
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But it wasn鈥檛 quite that simple.
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And Kahn turns it onto the bar!
He saves!
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My hairs are standing on end now.
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Kahn turns the ball onto the bar,
incredible drama!
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I was actually going to the left corner,
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but still had my body
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in a position
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to have the option of that movement,
to still move my hand like that.
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It鈥檚 an automatic reaction
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implanted in my head
over years, decades.
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Always being a goalkeeper,
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they鈥檙e things you can鈥檛 explain
why it happened at that moment.
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You just have to
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rely on what I鈥檝e been doing
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my whole life up till then,
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which is standing in goal.
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Mauricio Pellegrino, the man
with the same name as the water.
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Please let him bottle it tonight.
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That was the easiest.
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It was just important to
have picked the right corner.
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Then it wasn鈥檛 that
hard to save it.
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I remember I was concentrating so much,
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I was so in the zone,
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I wasn't actually sure whether
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it was the decisive penalty
I鈥檇 just saved.
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For a brief moment after I saved,
I looked to the middle
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and then I saw the players,
our players running to celebrate.
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I then realised that
must鈥檝e been the decisive penalty.
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Those sorts of moments are
indescribable for a sportsperson.
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You can鈥檛 romanticise
too much about it.
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There鈥檚 also just luck involved.
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Picking the right corner
as a goalkeeper,
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having the right intuition
at a certain moment
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for where the taker might shoot.
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Of course, I鈥檇 done some
analysis beforehand
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because you need to have analysed
some players in advance,
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have things in your mind.
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And then there鈥檚 a lot of
factors at play.
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That mind game between the taker
and the goalkeeper,
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that you exude some dominance,
self-assurance.
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And then you need to take the
analysis into the shootout,
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but also still listen to
your gut feeling.
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I always looked at whether the
shooter was more of a technical player
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or a bit more of an
agricultural, tough player.
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Agricultural, tough players who shoot
with their instep?
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You then mostly know which
corner they鈥檙e going.
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And technical players mostly
use their sidefoot.
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You can deduce a bit there.
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And then there鈥檚 the fact
that I knew the players,
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had always observed them and what
they do at penalties.
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That all combines together in
experience that then
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comes together in that moment.
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And even then, as a goalkeeper
you鈥檙e always dependent
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on the taker misfiring
in a penalty shootout.
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I鈥檝e got a fixed process,
even during a shootout.
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I鈥檓 in my own place.
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I鈥檓 sort of in the middle of
the analysis the whole time,
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things rattling around my head
the whole time.
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Who鈥檚 coming next?
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The opposition team doesn鈥檛 tell
me beforehand that the first taker
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is this player,
the second is that player.
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You need to sort that
one after the other,
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and I have a bit of
a catalogue in my mind.
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And then I sort of have to react
to the player鈥檚 run-up.
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There are different facets
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that the taker then brings.
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And I as a goalkeeper
then have to try
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to show the other guy that
the goal is very small for him,
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that he鈥檒l have a problem
scoring a goal here.
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And I try to radiate
that self-assurance.
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Then it鈥檚 about what
decision I make.
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There are different possibilities,
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also to influence the taker a bit.
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There are some psychological games.
You look at the taker
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dead in the eyes.
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Or you stand right in front
of the penalty spot,
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hand the ball to the taker
and then go back.
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Then there are goalkeepers who
move about on the line
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to unsettle the taker.
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That interests me,
that fascinates me.
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That little game that takes place
before the penalty between the taker
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and the goalkeeper.
That鈥檚 really gripping.
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And the atmosphere also
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plays a role, external influences.
And at penalty shootouts,
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it鈥檚 a simple fact that
luck also plays a certain role.
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I never decide where
the taker puts his shot -
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only the taker can do that.
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From the goalkeeper鈥檚 perspective,
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I sort of only realised when I
was a goalkeeping coach
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that you wait as long as you can,
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that you pick a corner.
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When it鈥檚 a shootout and
there are five attempts,
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then always go to the same corner
because one or two will go there.
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It can鈥檛 be that they all go to the right
if you鈥檙e going left. One will come.
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And you then save it. Or maybe there are
two and you can save them.
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But you concentrate fully on
that corner, then you鈥檝e got a chance
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to save one, and one stop is often enough
in a shootout
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if your penalty takers are good.
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Unfortunately, that was my thesis
after I鈥檇 already retired.
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There are also players
who have only ever taken one penalty,
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who I鈥檇 like to have
take against me.
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Cristiano or
Messi, for example,
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they鈥檝e put theirs in every corner,
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so you never know
for certain beforehand
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what they鈥檒l go for now.
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But you can have an inclination
based on what鈥檚 happened in the game.
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That also plays a big part.
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As a goalkeeper, you take on board
all influences
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and try to deduce
something from it.
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Whether that鈥檚 idle speculation
is anyone鈥檚 guess.
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A goalkeeper has no fear at penalties.
The goalkeeper can only win.
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Those who can lose,
who have fear,
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have to be the strikers.
That鈥檚 how it鈥檒l always be.
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So, goalkeepers, be nice and relaxed
and save penalties.
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And remember my tip of going
the same way five times - it鈥檒l work.
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