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SUBMITTER: Brinkschulte M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7184592 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20200427 1
The previous performance of the English men's national football team in penalty shootouts has led to the widespread stereotype that English football players are particularly bad at scoring penalties. Research has proposed possible reasons behind this alleged "penalty curse". When looking at these reasons, the question arises if English football players per se have trouble scoring penalty kicks. Therefore, we analyzed the performance of a large sample of penalty takers during all World- and Europ ...[more]