England manager Roy Hodgson has told Sky Sports News that he wants to see friendly games settled on penalties in a bid to boost England's woeful shootout record in tournaments. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12016/8356171/England-boss-eyes-plan-to-replicate-penalty-pressure Penalty shootout win percentageArgentina 73% Germany 71% Brazil 64% France 50% Sweden 50% Uruguay 50% Italy 33% Holland 20% England 17%
I remember one Boxing day game in particular - at home against Aston Villa with Grant on the bench. That crazy 4-4 draw Sheva scoring two and creating one and Ballack's free kick which was thought to be the winner lol.
The inside story of how Roman Abramovich finally saw his Chelsea team end their Champions League hoodoo. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/9763091/2012-One-Golden-Year-Chelsea-beat-Bayern-Munich-to-win-the-Champions-League.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6LTLwNTVuQ Luiz is praying for Lucas to score the penalty. Beautiful! They are very good friends and he wanted him to score.