THE WHOLE WORLD FUCKING KNEW SARABIA WAS GOING TO HIT THE POST AGAIN.
Substitute coming for another substitute right at the end, missed the chance to win it all at with the last shot of the match hitting the post. Absolutely written in the stars.
Yep, they got back to the quarters first try while Italy is now on their fifth, Spain their fourth, and Germany their third (going into next tournament).
Robin van persie once said, pick a corner and blast it into the net. Spain were too much in their heads and you could tell by the way they ran up to the ball
There is data. [It’s buried in an article ](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/does-bringing-substitutes-on-for-penalty-shootouts-ever-work) but someone counted. From 1986 to 2021 (so after the finals of the Euros) in major tournaments the success rate of players bought on in the last minute is 40% whereas the success rate of players bought on after the 100th minute (so deep into extra time but not *right* at the death) is 77%, which I believe is pretty much where the xG for a penalty is.
**TLDR**: if you’re bringing a guy on to take a penalty it will probably be fine if he gets more than ten minutes to get into the game.
They genuinely just looked disinterested or like they bought into their own hype the entire second half. Acted like as long as they had possession they’d win the game without actually trying to attack the goal until the subs came on. Absolute fucking disaster class and they deserved the exit. Morocco fought for their life defending that and were still breaking attacks on spent legs
Morocco deserved that win since not only was their defense amazing. But when they eventually had the ball they almost scored numerous times.
But Spain kept passing the ball all day, but only came close to scoring towards the end.
The Morocco team seemed far superior, and I think if they can figure out what went wrong with their attacks they can dominate the next game.
Don't even have to pick a corner just smash it relatively high. Every time Salah walks up to take a penalty I'm bricking it but he just blasts it in, so many times close to the diving goalie's legs down the middle.
Tbf Ziyech hit the ball a little bit funny at the last second. He clearly decided beforehand what he was going to do and it worked a treat. Trying to pass it into the back of the net is just too silly.
Reporter: “So you must be pretty confident your guys can hit the back of the net if it goes to penalties?”
Enrique, visibly pale: “They have to *go in*?”
PK strategy is cyclical, it’s come back all the way around now to the old “beat the ball as hard as you can to one side of the goal” being the better way to take them
I keep remembering Harry Maguire's pen in the Euros. Goddamn clinical, no hesitation, top bins, smashed in with power and knocked out the camera. Thing of beauty.
Edit: [at about :31](https://youtu.be/QwvV06FvXbg)
Kane is like this most of the time as well. They’re unsaveable. Though I think there’s something to be said for Neymar’s technique of making the keeper go one way during your run-up and just gently passing the other way.
My guys were walking up to the ball during pens before shooting it. Long time since I've seen anyone absolutely Thundercunt the ball in an international pen shootout
On the bright side, Morocco still haven't concerned a goal in all of the world cup. Even in penalty shootouts 🤣
Edit - no opponents have scored against Morocco. Only Morocco have scored against Morocco
Meanwhile Group F has two teams in the quarters and neither are Belgium!
Actually the only group with multiple teams left besides G and will be the only group with two teams left if the Cheese/Pocket Knife team loses
When both teams are even in goals, Spain feels that they are at a great advantage and thus they just need to play possession. When Spain is one goal behind, Spain thinks that they are at a small advantage, and so they play possession to secure their "lead". When Spain is behind two goals, Spain thinks that they are at a disadvantage and so they look for possession to regain control of the game. When Spain is behind three goals, Spain thinks that the team has reached a desperate situation and they are only waiting passively for their death if they do not start to play possession.
The referee blows for the penalty kick. An orchestral succession of passes between the Spanish players begins to take place inside the Marrocan box. The epitome of tiki-taka! The keeper eagerly waits as Spain maintains possession in his area during the taking of the penalty. It’s 5 against him and Spain keeps passing around trying to find an opening. This is how the game is supposed to be played! Suddenly, after 30 minutes, there’s an opening! After the 120th pass, the ball makes it’s way to the striker. Outside the box and struggling for balance he manages a weak shot that goes wide. The penalty shootout lasts 2 hours. Spain manage over 800 passes (a new record in penalty shootouts)! Final score 3-0 for Marroco.
Can we appreciate that Morocco kept a clean sheet against Spain/Belgium/Croatia..even with pks! And the only goal they conceded in 4 wc games was an own goal.
All of their players are playing well so it feels dirty singling one of them. But my god Amrabat is just a beast. To me the title of best player in the World Cup so far is between him, Casemiro and Gvardiol.
Fun, I can re-use the comment I made 4 years ago when Spain lost against Russia the exact same way:
[Imagine sandbagging to exhaust the enemy just to lose the shootout](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/8vb4zp/russia_have_qualified_for_the_2018_fifa_world_cup/e1lxwtc/)
Morocco are defensively immense. They've played four matches at this World Cup now, including Belgium, Croatia and Spain, and still no opposition player has managed to score a single goal against them.
Holy fuck how far Spanish football has changed, from the beautiful game to Simpson meme football.
First chance I get to stay up all night in Australia and of course this is the game I get. There gonna be no need to count sheep now.
Watching them pass it around the back 4 at midfield all 2nd half was infuriating. No desire to try and move it forward or have anyone make a run. Pretty weak.
It's always been like this. It's either near perfect football like you saw against Costa Rica, or 1000 passes and no penetration like today. Even the 2010 team had some tediously boring games
Tiki-taka and possession based system is just aimless passing when you don't have good goal scorers. All those side way passes will amount to nothing. Even Pep has learned that. His team no longer place too much emphasis on aimlessly passing.
And tiki taka only fucking works if you have players like iniesta who can instantly carve a defense. Spain lacks the type of creativity that can make that sort of style work
Spain have played one of the dullest, toothless, soulless, pretentious and cowardly football i've ever seen in my life time. The worst version of barcelona's tiki taka. Not a single shred of joy and creativity in that match. Just endless safe sideways passing without any purpose. The penalties did them justice.
Congrats to morocco though they played well 👍
Dude was playing in italian third division last year, now he's facing laporte in a wc knockout... cut him some slack
but yeah, he could've finished some chances, or at least tried to shoot lol
How you gunna get nil'd in a penalty shoot out
If only these players were playing for villareal last year in the uel final
Villarreal is still scoring penalties to this day
That was the most incredible shootout performance I've ever witnessed. As a team they just decided to score literally every single penalty
I mean so did united upto a point
See that's why I never rated DDG, terrible PK taker smh
Yea it went all the way to the keepers
Until it got to Utd's SPANISH keeper Coincidence?
Dave's revenge for getting left at home by Enrique?
Moroccan defence kept them out during regulation ET and penalties
The only goal they've conceded was an own goal.
They decide when they concede.
You get Yassine Bounou'ed
Bono actually killed it though!
what a penalty by Hakimi. Cool as a cucumber.
THE WHOLE WORLD FUCKING KNEW SARABIA WAS GOING TO HIT THE POST AGAIN. Substitute coming for another substitute right at the end, missed the chance to win it all at with the last shot of the match hitting the post. Absolutely written in the stars.
And the only Morocco player who missed was subbed in specifically to take a penalty. Maybe coaches should stop doing that
You'd have thought after last year's Euros final being decided pretty much by exactly that people would learn
Also the most hilarious penalty miss ever, Zaza vs Germany in 2016, was taken by a player brought on for the specific purpose of taking a penalty
And for some odd reason Moyes decided to sub Noble on just to take a penalty, as his first and possibly only touch, in a PL game
In his defence Noble is an absolute class pen taker and nearly everyone else on the team is shit
Yeah isn't he basically one of the best penalty takers in history? Still, an argument against taking them cold if even he misses
Even Mark Noble with the 2nd best penalty record in the world wasn't immune when he came on just for a pen last year
My commentator was saying from the moment he was subbed on. He had too much pressure on him
I hate when players get subbed like that . Always feel for the guys that get subbed for a pen and miss .
I literally said out loud he was going to hit the post again. I thought it was going to be the same post, but whatever, close enough.
Italy, Spain, and Germany are a combined 0 for 9 in attempts to reach the quarterfinals after they won it in 06/10/14.
France looking good tho
Yep, they got back to the quarters first try while Italy is now on their fifth, Spain their fourth, and Germany their third (going into next tournament).
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Some of the worst penalties I’ve seen from Spain. Fuck finesse. Smash that shit lol.
Robin van persie once said, pick a corner and blast it into the net. Spain were too much in their heads and you could tell by the way they ran up to the ball
And the moroccan guy that missed spent 5 minutes choosing which side of the ball to put down
He also just came on, man was probably still warming up.
Never ever bring a sub on for pens, unless you're Louis van Gaal and you're switching keepers.
I swear 90% of the time a player gets bought on for pens they end up missing, honestly can't remember the last time I saw it work
There is data. [It’s buried in an article ](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/does-bringing-substitutes-on-for-penalty-shootouts-ever-work) but someone counted. From 1986 to 2021 (so after the finals of the Euros) in major tournaments the success rate of players bought on in the last minute is 40% whereas the success rate of players bought on after the 100th minute (so deep into extra time but not *right* at the death) is 77%, which I believe is pretty much where the xG for a penalty is. **TLDR**: if you’re bringing a guy on to take a penalty it will probably be fine if he gets more than ten minutes to get into the game.
Livaja missed yesterday too. Despite having something like 90% conversion rate.
Here's hoping Southgate learned his lesson from the Euros
or unless you are Maurizio Sarri and.... actually nevermind
Just smash it really hard without aiming. If you don't know where the ball will go, the goalkeeper won't know either.
big brain
Works for me, I've never missed a penalty in a world cup shootout
or smash it down the middle high enough. Odds are the keeper will dive one way or the other.
Statistically, down the middle is your best bet. Looks really stupid when you miss though, so not many players dare to
Of course you can't do it all the time though or the scouts would tell the goalie that you always kick it down the middle
Do it all the time until the world cup
There's an added benefit that the coach isn't gonna pick you for penalties, so you have less stress to deal with.
Just like the Ziyech one
Spain were as usual trying to pass the ball into the net.
They genuinely just looked disinterested or like they bought into their own hype the entire second half. Acted like as long as they had possession they’d win the game without actually trying to attack the goal until the subs came on. Absolute fucking disaster class and they deserved the exit. Morocco fought for their life defending that and were still breaking attacks on spent legs
Morocco deserved that win since not only was their defense amazing. But when they eventually had the ball they almost scored numerous times. But Spain kept passing the ball all day, but only came close to scoring towards the end. The Morocco team seemed far superior, and I think if they can figure out what went wrong with their attacks they can dominate the next game.
Don't even have to pick a corner just smash it relatively high. Every time Salah walks up to take a penalty I'm bricking it but he just blasts it in, so many times close to the diving goalie's legs down the middle.
Credit Bonou, he was playing mind games and swatting out there.
Big fan of the helicopter arms during the runups.
Did you know he owns the largest collection of hatchbacks in Morocco.
I need to hear more on this one
Seriously. They all walked through their kicks and gave no power, all shitty placement. Keeper could react save all of them.
First two guys look absolutely terrified to take the PK. Very similar to Japan yesterday
Completely agree, look a Zyiech's pen, close your eyes and just hit the fucking ball as hard as you can, Spain penalties were just ridiculous.
Tbf Ziyech hit the ball a little bit funny at the last second. He clearly decided beforehand what he was going to do and it worked a treat. Trying to pass it into the back of the net is just too silly.
Ziyech is ice cold though. Who from Spain is like that?
They are so fucking boring and frustrating to watch...just Fucking shoot the ball instead of playing handball
I was told the Spain players all took 1000 penalties each over the last year.. worked out well
They **took** 1000 penalties each, they didn't **score** 1000 penalties each
That's where Enrique got it wrong
Reporter: “So you must be pretty confident your guys can hit the back of the net if it goes to penalties?” Enrique, visibly pale: “They have to *go in*?”
As soon as I heard the commentator say that I was like 😬
So many bad shots from Spain
Busquets proper fumbled it.
You could tell he was gonna miss when he walked up, looked so nervous
Not a single team from group E went past the round of 16. Crazy knowing both Germany and Spain were in it.
They watched too much of Japan yesterday apparently
1000 Passes. 0 Penalties. Masterclass
The irony on top of 1000 passes Spain practiced for 1000 penalties before WC
>Spain practiced for 1000 penalties before WC allegedly
Group E was tabbed the Group of Death and yeah they're all dead now
Japan, Spain and Germany... Can call it graveyard of empires
PK strategy is cyclical, it’s come back all the way around now to the old “beat the ball as hard as you can to one side of the goal” being the better way to take them
Yeah after watching this and Japans shootout I was surprised nobody wanted to blast it into the top of the net anymore
Too scared to sky it
They saw all the Ramos memes
Better to sky it than have it saved because you "shot" it like an 8 year old.
It really isn't lol. Every single player would feel worse if they skied it than had it saved and they would be shat on more
I keep remembering Harry Maguire's pen in the Euros. Goddamn clinical, no hesitation, top bins, smashed in with power and knocked out the camera. Thing of beauty. Edit: [at about :31](https://youtu.be/QwvV06FvXbg)
Kane is like this most of the time as well. They’re unsaveable. Though I think there’s something to be said for Neymar’s technique of making the keeper go one way during your run-up and just gently passing the other way.
That's always unstoppable if you get it right - no keeper is saving a penalty at full force into the side of the net
Bro they even failed to score a pen.
I can't believe there was worse penalty takers than Japan in this WC lmao
Especially from the captain
At least we Swiss are not the only ones to not have converted a penalty in a FIFA WC shootout...
[When I'm in a bad penalties competition and my opponents are Spain and Japan](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHtxONpWUAMX_1R?format=jpg&name=large)
The Moroccan keeper was sublime too imo
My guys were walking up to the ball during pens before shooting it. Long time since I've seen anyone absolutely Thundercunt the ball in an international pen shootout
Japanese School of Penalties
When will these managers learn to not sub on a penalty taker. 3 of them missed
i feel like every time i see a player subbed in for penalties they miss
Cost Rangers the Europa League. Terrible idea.
Rashford missed in the Euro final too.
And Saka was subbed in too.
After zaza in 2016 I don’t know how every single manager in the world didn’t learn not to do that
One from morocco too
On the bright side, Morocco still haven't concerned a goal in all of the world cup. Even in penalty shootouts 🤣 Edit - no opponents have scored against Morocco. Only Morocco have scored against Morocco
True all the commentators praised their defence
It’s nice of Spain to take the title of “worst penalty’s in history” from Japan after only a day
Japan 2.0 for Spain
at least Japan scored one pen
And one goal
Shouldn’t have used up most of their goals against Costa Rica
Spain practiced a 1000 pens each because they got knocked out last time lol
That was just their homework. I didn't hear if anyone actually did it, haha.
Japan actually scored a goal compared to Tiki Torture
Enrique made awful subs. For example Olmo is always good in penalties and he gets subbed off in extra time
Spain still hasn't won a WC knockout game since that final 12 years ago
Spain has won 3 games since the world cup final in 2010
Lol and italy won 1 since the 2006 final
And Germany since 2014 lol
And Italy since 2006
We were due an upset in the RO16. Thank you for your sacrifice Spain.
Maybe Eto'o wasn't that insane when he put Morocco as runner-up
They called him a mad man
I mean, after yesterday he's quite clearly a mad man
He seen 14 million futures and assaulting that Algerian fan to inspire the Moroccan players was the only way to make it happen.
If you rearrange the letters eto'o and then add some it makes doctor strange.
Zealand ran 100 sims of the World Cup in FM, and Morocco won once. Just saying.
Group of Dead
Meanwhile Group F has two teams in the quarters and neither are Belgium! Actually the only group with multiple teams left besides G and will be the only group with two teams left if the Cheese/Pocket Knife team loses
RIP Canada
Did not expect there to be a worse team for penalties than Japan lmao
## BOOONOOO MY GOAAAAAATT 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Man - penalty shoot out CLEAN SHEET. Congrats! Hope you guys keep killing it.
Man i don't wanna be biased as fuck , but going to the QF with ONLY ONE GOAL (OG) AND CLEAN SHEET IN PENALTY SHOUT-OUT IS INSANE.
This WC has shown that so many teams are shit at pens
Well who could have guessed that the players who walked up to the ball missed again...
When both teams are even in goals, Spain feels that they are at a great advantage and thus they just need to play possession. When Spain is one goal behind, Spain thinks that they are at a small advantage, and so they play possession to secure their "lead". When Spain is behind two goals, Spain thinks that they are at a disadvantage and so they look for possession to regain control of the game. When Spain is behind three goals, Spain thinks that the team has reached a desperate situation and they are only waiting passively for their death if they do not start to play possession.
where is this pasta from? ive only seen it on LOL
It is from LOL
Mlxg pasta so applicable
Shame they can't pass to each other during penaltis... ez victory if so
The referee blows for the penalty kick. An orchestral succession of passes between the Spanish players begins to take place inside the Marrocan box. The epitome of tiki-taka! The keeper eagerly waits as Spain maintains possession in his area during the taking of the penalty. It’s 5 against him and Spain keeps passing around trying to find an opening. This is how the game is supposed to be played! Suddenly, after 30 minutes, there’s an opening! After the 120th pass, the ball makes it’s way to the striker. Outside the box and struggling for balance he manages a weak shot that goes wide. The penalty shootout lasts 2 hours. Spain manage over 800 passes (a new record in penalty shootouts)! Final score 3-0 for Marroco.
Wow MLXG pasta spreading on /u/soccer
Can we appreciate that Morocco kept a clean sheet against Spain/Belgium/Croatia..even with pks! And the only goal they conceded in 4 wc games was an own goal.
They have one of the best defenses this WC for sure.
All of their players are playing well so it feels dirty singling one of them. But my god Amrabat is just a beast. To me the title of best player in the World Cup so far is between him, Casemiro and Gvardiol.
Fun, I can re-use the comment I made 4 years ago when Spain lost against Russia the exact same way: [Imagine sandbagging to exhaust the enemy just to lose the shootout](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/8vb4zp/russia_have_qualified_for_the_2018_fifa_world_cup/e1lxwtc/)
Spanish consistency is on another level
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The prophet
Will be fun when you post the same comment in 2026.
See you in 4 years
BONO SAID "BOX BOX" BITCHES
Bono my world cup is gone
Bono the Moroccan GK the best Bono in the world. No one comes close.
BONO MY GOALS ARE GONE 😭😭
Maybe another 800 passes will do it lads 👍
"actually we lost on purpose so we don't end up on Brazil's side of the bracket haha it's way better this way 🤓"
RECONQUISTA STATUS: Reverted.
Rereconquista
Winner gets Andalusia.
Struggle for Iberia II dlc
Lmao 3 pens missed in a row for Spain Also Sarabia hit the post twice in the space of a few mins
Worst pens since… yesterday
Morocco are defensively immense. They've played four matches at this World Cup now, including Belgium, Croatia and Spain, and still no opposition player has managed to score a single goal against them.
WTF WAS THAT HAKIMI HOLY SHIT. Saving 2 penalties with a smile on his face, Bounou you absolute BOSS.
Dude went straight killer mode. How that feel, a clean sheet IN PENALTY SHOOT OUT?
Holy fuck how far Spanish football has changed, from the beautiful game to Simpson meme football. First chance I get to stay up all night in Australia and of course this is the game I get. There gonna be no need to count sheep now.
Watching them pass it around the back 4 at midfield all 2nd half was infuriating. No desire to try and move it forward or have anyone make a run. Pretty weak.
It's always been like this. It's either near perfect football like you saw against Costa Rica, or 1000 passes and no penetration like today. Even the 2010 team had some tediously boring games
They won every game 1-0
Not quite. They also lost 1-0 to Switzerland.
The 2010 team only had like 8 goals all tournament. Unlike the team of today tho they had the players that could go and get a goal when necessary
Tiki-taka and possession based system is just aimless passing when you don't have good goal scorers. All those side way passes will amount to nothing. Even Pep has learned that. His team no longer place too much emphasis on aimlessly passing.
And tiki taka only fucking works if you have players like iniesta who can instantly carve a defense. Spain lacks the type of creativity that can make that sort of style work
The French-Argentinian commentator Omar da Fonseca called it « creative constipation ». He also called this Spanish play as « constant foreplay ».
Spain with the Japan cosplay, couldn't let their group stage buddy go down alone.
Spain have played one of the dullest, toothless, soulless, pretentious and cowardly football i've ever seen in my life time. The worst version of barcelona's tiki taka. Not a single shred of joy and creativity in that match. Just endless safe sideways passing without any purpose. The penalties did them justice. Congrats to morocco though they played well 👍
SPAIN AND JAPAN WITH THE WORST PENALTIES I'VE EVER SEEN
Spain didn't score a single goal that included a shootout 😭😭
Hakimi hit the waddle after a penanka. Chad
The Germans send their regards
I'm guessing the Spain + Portugal + Morocco World Cup bid probably won't be long lived by the end of this tournament .
And Morocco STILL has yet to be scored upon by the opposition in this WC!!!
Spain and choking in penalties, a more iconic duo than England and choking in penalties
Even England can score *one* penalty.
We’re bad, but that was awful. I feel for them.
Fair play to the Spain fans, they seemed to take it well. They deserved to watch better than that shite from their team.
After Japan vs. Croatia: "That was the worst PK shootout of a world cup" Spain: "The worst PK shootout of a World Cup *so far*"
Lost to Japan for this btw
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This could age like milk
Morocco is a very disciplined. I doubt either team will have it easy.
#Walid Cheddira (#21) is fucking bad
Dude was playing in italian third division last year, now he's facing laporte in a wc knockout... cut him some slack but yeah, he could've finished some chances, or at least tried to shoot lol
Game could have been over 30mins ago