Penalty Shooters

About Penalty Shooters

Penalty shootouts, one after another, until you win a cup or go out. Thirty-two teams are on offer and the format never varies, which is exactly the appeal: it is the part of football that is pure nerve, extracted and served on its own.

How to play

• Choose a team from the thirty-two available.
• Win a shootout to advance through the competition.
• A shootout is decided over alternating kicks, so composure matters more than power.

Tips

• Do not aim for the corners every time. The margin between a corner and the post is small, and a missed kick costs the same as a saved one.
• Change your rhythm rather than only your placement. Predictability is what gets read in a shootout, however good the aim is.