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How the Penalty Shootout Was Born to End Football's 'Cruel' Lottery
The article recounts the story of football's first official penalty shootout, when nobody knew what to expect and no player wanted to be the first to miss. The shootout format was introduced to replace an earlier system widely considered cruel and unfair. The piece explores the origins of one of football's most dramatic traditions.
No-one knew what to expect at football's first official penalty shootout - and no-one wanted to go down in history as the first to miss.