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Personally find it odd that Sterling and Grealish didn’t step up for pens but it’s easy to say from the outside that X, Y or Z should have taken it. Could Rashford and Sancho have come on earlier to get more of a feel for the game? Perhaps but Rashford was playing RB in his short stint on the pitch so would have been a huge risk
To be fair to them both they probably would have stepped forward, Southgate said the penalty takers were decided in training. I don't agree with that approach in all honesty. Big difference between Saka taking one in front of his mates to the 5th penalty in a European Championship final. Always been an advocate of the players who are up for it and confident putting themselves forward at the time.
To an extent yeah - each player reacts different to pressurised situations which should be considered but as a rule of thumb, you’d generally expect your more attacking senior players to step up. Obviously not applicable here if it was decided in training, which I agree is rather futile as it’s chalk and cheese
I did the same on here.
