England U21s were put out of their misery last night when they were beaten by an efficient German side on penalties. The Germans were well ahead after England had had a good start and were 2-1 up. They were outplayed for most of the game and seemed unable to cope with the Germans strategy.
The link beneath will give you the records of English national penalty shoot outs.
You will need to look towards the bottom for England's record.
http://www.penaltyshootouts.co.uk/countries.html
So, England in international history has been given 115 penalties, scored 82 and had 33 saved or missed.
England has conceded 81 pens had scored 55 against had 26 were saved or missed.
Tournament disasters include:
1990 at the World Cup on July 4th v West Germany 1-1 aet lost 3-4 pens:
excuse The west Germans had more experience in taking penalties
1996 Europeans on June 22 v Spain 0-0 aet WIN 4-2 at Wembley
outplayed the English crowd helped
1996 Europeans June 26 v Germany 1-1 aet loss 5-6 at Wembley
Southgate side footed his kick
1998 King Hussain International Cup Morocco May 29 v Belgium 0-0 pens 3-4 loss
it wasn't a vital tournament
1998 World Cup 2nd round June 30th v Argentina 2-2 aet 3-4 loss
Goalie Carlos Roa's blatant gamesmanship unacceptable apparently
2004 Europeans June 24 v Portugal 2-2 aet 5-6 loss
the state of the penalty spot
2006 World Cup July 1st v Portugal 0-0 aet 1-3 loss
fear and foreboding of the inevitable
2012 Europeans Q-final June 24 v Italy 0-0 aet 2-4 loss
The Italians had Pirlo!
BY THE WAY do not forget AUGUST 4th 2012
Great Britain (8 Englishmen in team) v South Korea in Olympics at Cardiff 2-2 aet lost 4-5 on pens-Sturridge missed.
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