Taking into account the possibility that the quarterfinal tie between Italy and England can very well be settled on a penalty shootout, England are determined to put their penalty demons behind them as Joe Hart has come out
and admitted that he will be willing to take a penalty kick in the shootout against Italy...
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 and penalty shootouts usually turn out to be depressing affairs for the Three Lions who are well known to succumb to pressure when it comes to penalty shootouts. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, England suffered from their penalty
shootout nervousness against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 in the quarterfinals when the likes of Lampard missed their penalties to help England on their way out of the tournament.
Before that they lost to Germany on penalties in the 1996 European Championships on their home soil. England have been woeful in their efforts to overcome their penalty fears but now http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699 has come out and admitted that he
will be willing to take a penalty if the worst case scenario of a penalty shootout rears its head against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926.
England are set to take on Italy in the quarterfinals of the European Championships and both the teams will look to wrap up a win in the 90 minutes of normal time rather than heading for a nervous penalty shootout. Italy have fared
better than England in their penalty efforts as they won the FIFA 2006 World Cup via a penalty shootout against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904.
Joe Hart said, "I'd take one of the first five penalties if they wanted me to - 100 per cent. I’ll put my name forward. Hopefully it won’t come to that. I've done my research, I know where the Italian penalty takers put it but
anyone could do that with a quick search on You Tube."
He added, "Anyone who knows us as players and our mentality, it is not a surprise [to reach the quarter-finals], its part of the plan. The whole point of coming here is not to keep people happy & keep the press off our backs. We've
come here to be successful."
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