Spain’s World Cup squad were told to practice penalties before they boarded the plane to Qatar. 1000 was the benchmark set by Luis Enrique, but when push came to shove, it didn’t do them any good as they were sensationally dumped out of the World Cup by Morocco in Tuesday night’s last 16 game.
The Spaniards failed to score a single penalty as Morocco won the shoot-out 3-0. The result cost manager Luis Enrique his job.
Some 48 hours before the drama at the Education City Stadium, Glen manager Malachy O’Rourke spoke of his philosophy on practising spot-kicks and stressed that his men won’t be dwelling on the prospect of Sunday’s Ulster Club SFC against champions Kilcoo going to a shoot-out.
