re: The Penalty Box is too gotdamn big

tried to find it but im not a soccer stat guy

I've watched about 8 matches in the last month...there has been one or more PKs in each one.

is there any stat on average amount of PKs per match?

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 Any person with soccer abilities can score a pk against a world class goalie. 

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Shhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiitttttt.

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not sure what you mean by WC Elimination Round format.

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Maybe I misunderstood what you said.

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basically the thing that irks me and many others about PK's is how random they are. The goalie can only guess to where the kicker will kick the ball, leading many goalies to dive the wrong way. Pk's basically come down to luck and chance. Any person with soccer abilities can score a pk against a world class goalie.

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I don't know that anyone can do it against a great goalie, but I guess I see your point.

My point is, in tournaments, if it is not aggregate scoring then you have elimination play. What do you expect them to do after 90 minutes? They already get 2 extra time periods of 15 minutes each. What else would you have them do?

ETA: Excluding Group Play; I mean once you get to an elimination round.