Penalty shootouts are the cruelest way to decide a soccer match, especially given they tend to be in the latter stages of a tournament.
There’s no denying that they're incredible entertainment if your team isn’t involved, though.
That entertainment (or agony) gets even greater if you start to get beyond the classic scorelines of 4–3 and 5–4. Sudden death is where the pressure really ramps up and where the nerves really start to show.
If you get through all of that sadistic fun and there still isn’t a winner, we’re into the territory of goalkeepers taking penalties against each other. The height of soccer pleasure.
Here are the longest penalty shootouts on record.
