As Sepp Blatter suggests football
should call time on the penalty shootout, Sportsmail looks at the
potential alternatives... and most of them seem pretty unworkable.
Hopefully Franz Beckenbauer and his Task Force will have a better stab at it than we have...
Hopefully Franz Beckenbauer and his Task Force will have a better stab at it than we have...
Glorious: Didier Drogba scores from the spot to win Chelsea the European Cup
The Ice Hockey style
An even more demanding test of nerves than the spot-kick. The player taking the 'penalty' runs with the ball from the half way line, and has to beat the waiting goalkeeper in a one-on-one. Peter Schmeichel's dream scenario.Play until they drop Type I
They could just drop the idea altogether. In this scenario, extra time carries on until someone scores a winner - regardless of time. With the players dropping like flies, this would surely be the football equivalent of a battle to the death.
Painful: Gareth Southgate after missing his crucial penalty against Germany at Euro 96
Play until they drop Type II
Exactly the same as the first version, yet every five minutes a player from each team is taken off the pitch. So when 125 minutes is on the clock, the sides go to 10 players, at 130, nine players. By 150 minutes we could be watching a very low octane 5-a-side game on an 11-a-side pitch - if it got that far, that is.Judging panel
A set of judges could - based on the performances over 90 or 120 minutes - decide which team were the worthier to progress, despite the scores being level. Likely to divide opinion, and maybe even start a riot!
Hard to take: Chris Waddle is comforted by Lothar Matthaus after 'that' World Cup shootout in 1990
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