England will meet the African champions Senegal in the last 16 of the World Cup. For the Three Lions, this is not only a test for the knockout stage, but may also lead to a fierce battle with the "arch-rivals", and even face a brutal penalty shootout. Midfielder core Dylan Rice revealed that the team has been fully prepared, hired a sports psychologist to help the players stabilize their emotions, even if they face a penalty shootout, they have no fear.
Historically, England has been known as "penalty kicks phobia", in a number of major competitions in the penalty shootout defeat, the most recent of which was in the final of last year's European Cup, defeated the Italian team, missed the trophy. Dylan Rice emphasized that this World Cup, the team for this "stubborn disease" for a large number of adjustments and preparations, including psychological counseling and special penalty kicks training, all the players are full of confidence.
The Daily Mail has predicted a list of five possible playmakers based on the success rate of England players taking penalties in the past. Among them, Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Carney will undoubtedly be the first choice, the striker's career penalty goals reached 60, with a success rate of 89%.
Manchester United's Marcus Rashford and Harry Magouni are also on the list, with Rashford having a career penalty success rate of over 80% despite missing a penalty in the last Europa League final, while Harry Magouni managed to score a penalty in last year's Europa League final.
Jenya, who is known as the "master of the penalty kick", is also on the list, and surprisingly, goalkeeper Bickford is also considered, perhaps because he has a deep understanding of the psychology of the goalkeeper's saves.
