The desperation experienced by the England National Team in penalty shootouts in major tournaments continued in Qatar.
England, who lost the 2020 European Football Championship (EURO 2020) held last year in penalty shootouts against Italy at Wembley Stadium, could not find a solution to this problem in the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosted by Qatar.
Coach Gareth Southgate, who missed a penalty in the semi-finals against Germany in EURO 96, trained his players with a special goal prepared before the tournament for possible penalty shootouts in the qualifying rounds of the World Cup, but this preparation could not prevent the defeat against France.
Turning the first penalty into a goal in the 54th minute of the quarter-finals, Harry Kane couldn’t take advantage of a great opportunity by sending the penalty kick in the 84th minute, which they were behind 2-1, from the top.
Losing the match 2-1, England said goodbye to the tournament in the quarter-finals.
In 9 penalty shootouts, he jumped 2 times
While England had 9 penalty shootouts in the World Cup and European championships, they were able to get tour tickets only in two of them.
England lost 4-3 to West Germany in the 1990 World Cup on penalties in the semi-finals, while France lost 4-3 to Argentina in the 98 round of 16, and 3-1 to Portugal in the 2006 quarter-finals of Germany.
Losing 6-5 to Germany in the EURO 96 semi-finals, England could not avoid being defeated by Portugal 6-5 in the EURO 2004 quarter-finals, 4-2 by Italy in the EURO 2012 quarter-finals, and again 3-2 by Italy in the EURO 2020 final.
England beat Colombia 4-3 in penalty shootout in the last 16 round of 2018 Russia, and defeated Spain 4-2 in the EURO 96 quarter-finals.
He said goodbye to the World Cup for the 7th time in the quarter-finals.
England won the first and only championship in its history in the 1966 World Cup it hosted, and was eliminated in the quarter-finals for the 7th time in the tournament.
England, after 1954, 1962, 1970, 1986, 2002 and 2006, could not see beyond the quarter-finals in 2022.