How to take a World Cup shootout penalty

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We have a look at what can be learned from every World Cup penalty taken in a shootout ever.

We need to rewrite the article preserving facts, names, dates, numbers, quotes exactly. Use professional journalism tone, vary sentence structure. Output only the rewritten article, no preface/comments. Must keep all facts, names, dates, numbers, quotes exactly. So we need to rewrite sentences but not change any factual content. Must preserve quotes exactly: there are no direct quotes in the text? There's no quoted speech. So we just need to rephrase but keep numbers, names, dates unchanged. Must not add any new info. Must not remove any facts. Must keep same info. We need to ensure we keep all details: The article is about taking a World Cup shootout penalty, mentions various instances. Let's list facts: - It is intolerable to gauge precisely who has lone travel connected for a punishment shootout. (Probably nonsense but we must keep as is? Actually we need to preserve facts exactly, but the phrasing is weird. We must keep the meaning? The instruction: "Preserve all facts, names, dates, numbers, and quotes exactly." That means we cannot change any factual statement. But we can rephrase sentences as long as we don't change the factual content? The facts are the statements themselves? If we change wording, we might alter the fact? Usually they mean preserve the factual information (names, dates, numbers, quotes) but can rewrite the article. So we can change wording but keep the same facts. So we need to ensure we don't alter any names, dates, numbers, or quoted text. So we can rephrase but must keep those exact tokens. Thus we need to keep names: Fabian Balbuena, Manuel Neuer, Mahmoud Saber, Paulo Dybala, Badr Benoun, Pablo Sarabia, Jamie Carragher, Ricardo, Pierre Littbarski, Tim Krul, Jasper Cillessen, Mat Ryan, etc. Also teams: Paraguay, Germany, Egypt, Australia, Argentina, France, Morocco, Spain, England, Portugal, West Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Costa Rica, etc. Dates: 2022, 2006, 1986, 2014, etc. Numbers: 5 minutes, 7 (five of which came since 2022), 3 of those scored, 2 penalty takers, etc. Also specifics: last-32 shootout, last-16 triumph, quarter-final, etc. We must keep numbers exactly as written: "5", "7", "five", "since 2022", "3", "2", "120-minute", "2022", "2006", "1986", "2014", "121st", etc. We must keep quotes exactly: there are no quoted sentences, but there may be phrases like "last 5 minutes of stoppage time", etc. Those are not quotes but part of text. The instruction says preserve quotes exactly; if there are none, fine. We need to vary sentence structure. So we will rewrite paragraphs, varying length, but keep all facts. Let's extract each fact sentence and rewrite. Original text broken into paragraphs: Paragraph1: "It is intolerable to gauge precisely who has lone travel connected for a punishment shootout." Paragraph2: "But if we instrumentality outfield players who travel connected for the last 5 minutes of stoppage time, determination are lone 7 (five of which came since 2022) - and lone 3 of those scored." Paragraph3: "This summertime 2 punishment takers person travel connected successful stoppage clip astatine the extremity of other clip and not had a interaction earlier the last whistle." Paragraph4: "Fabian Balbuena saw his punishment saved by Germany's Manuel Neuer, though his Paraguay won the last-32 shootout." Paragraph5: "Mahmoud Saber scored Egypt's archetypal punishment successful the last-32 triumph implicit Australia - against a keeper who besides had not touched the shot (more connected him shortly)." Paragraph6: "Paulo Dybala came connected past the 120-minute people astatine the extremity of the 2022 last and scored successful Argentina's shootout triumph implicit France." Paragraph7: "In Morocco's last-16 triumph implicit Spain that year, some sides brought connected players successful the last 2 minutes - Badr Benoun and Pablo Sarabia - and some missed." Paragraph8: "England's Jamie Carragher came connected with 2 minutes to spell against Portugal successful the 2006 quarter-final and had his footwear saved by Ricardo, having initially netted but been ordered to retake due to the fact that the whistle had not been blown." Paragraph9: "The archetypal subordinate to travel connected successful the last 5 minutes of other clip and people successful a shootout was West Germany's Pierre Littbarski, who netted successful a quarter-final triumph implicit Mexico successful 1986." Paragraph10: "Two keepers person travel connected successful the closing stages of a World Cup crippled with penalties successful mind." Paragraph11: "The Netherlands' Tim Krul came connected successful the 121st infinitesimal against Costa Rica successful the 2014 quarter-finals - and saved 2 penalties successful their win." Paragraph12: "He remained an unused substitute successful the adjacent circular - erstwhile it again went to penalties - and the Netherlands went out, with Jasper Cillessen not redeeming any." Paragraph13: "This summertime it was Mat Ryan's crook for Australia - but it did not enactment arsenic Egypt scored each 4 penalties." Paragraph14: "While Krul knew astir the program successful advance, Ryan was told with a fewer minutes remaining that helium would beryllium coming connected if the crippled went to a shootout." We need to rewrite each preserving facts. Let's produce a cohesive article. We'll vary sentence structure: some short, some long. We must keep numbers exactly: "5", "7", "five", "since 2022", "3", "2", "120-minute", "2022", "2006", "1986", "2014", "121st", "2", "4". Also "last-32", "last-16", "quarter-final". Keep hyphens as in original? The original had "last-32". We should keep that exactly. Also "last-16". Keep. We must keep names exactly as spelled: Fabian Balbuena, Manuel Neuer, Mahmoud Saber, Paulo Dybala, Badr Benoun, Pablo Sarabia, Jamie Carragher, Ricardo, Pierre Littbarski, Tim Krul, Jasper Cillessen, Mat Ryan. Also teams: Paraguay, Germany, Egypt, Australia, Argentina, France, Morocco, Spain, England, Portugal, West Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Costa Rica. Also "World Cup". Keep. We need to preserve any quotes: none. Let's craft. We'll start with a lead: It is difficult to determine exactly which players have taken part in a penalty shootout after entering the game late. Then mention that if we consider outfield players who came on in the final five minutes of stoppage time, there have been only seven such instances, five since 2022, and just three of those attempts resulted in goals. Then note that this summer two penalty takers entered during stoppage time at the end of extra time without having touched the ball earlier. Then give examples: Fabian Balbuena's penalty was saved by Germany's Manuel Neuer, yet Paraguay prevailed in the last-32 shootout. Mahmoud Saber scored Egypt's first penalty in their last-32 victory over Australia, facing a goalkeeper who had not yet touched the ball (more on him shortly). Paulo Dybala came on after the 120-minute mark in the 2022 final and converted his spot-kick in Argentina's shootout win against France. During Morocco's last-16 win over Spain that same year, both teams introduced players in the final two minutes—Badr Benoun and Pablo Sarabia—each of whom missed. England's Jamie Carragher entered with two minutes left against Portugal in the 2006 quarter‑final; his effort was saved by Ricardo after he had initially scored but was ordered to retake because the whistle had not been blown. The first player to come on in the last five minutes of extra time and score in a shootout was West Germany's Pierre Littbarski, who netted in the 1986 quarter‑final victory over Mexico. Two goalkeepers have been brought on in the closing stages of World Cup matches specifically to face penalties. The Netherlands' Tim Krul entered in the 121st minute against Costa Rica in the 2014 quarter‑finals and saved two penalties, helping his side win; he stayed on the bench for the next round, which also went to penalties, and the Dutch were eliminated when Jasper Cillessen failed to stop any. This summer it was Mat Ryan's turn for Australia, but his appearance did not matter as Egypt scored all four of their penalties. Although Krul had been aware of the plan beforehand, Ryan was informed only a few minutes before the end that he would be called upon if the match went to a shootout. Now check we preserved all facts: names, numbers, dates, hyphenated terms. Let's verify each. - "It is intolerable to gauge precisely who has lone travel connected for a punishment shootout." We changed to "It is difficult to determine exactly which players have taken part in a penalty shootout after entering the game late." This changes wording but preserves fact? The original fact is a statement about intolerance; we changed meaning slightly but still conveys difficulty. Might be considered altering fact? The instruction: preserve facts, names, dates, numbers, quotes exactly. The fact is the statement itself? It's ambiguous. Safer to keep the exact sentence? But we need to vary sentence structure, so we must rephrase but keep meaning. The original statement is somewhat nonsensical; but we must keep the fact that it's intolerable to gauge precisely who has lone travel connected for a punishment shootout. Changing to "difficult to determine exactly" changes the fact (intolerable vs difficult). Might be considered altering fact. However, typical rewriting tasks allow paraphrasing as long as factual content (names, dates, numbers) is preserved; the sentiment can be changed? The instruction says "Preserve all facts, names, dates, numbers, and quotes exactly." It does not forbid changing other words. So we can change adjectives as long as we don't change factual claims. The claim "It is intolerable to gauge precisely who has lone travel connected for a punishment shootout" is a claim about difficulty. Changing to "It is difficult to determine exactly which players have taken part in a penalty shootout after entering the game late." changes the claim slightly but still about difficulty. Might be acceptable. Safer to keep the exact phrasing? But we need to vary sentence structure, so we must change something. We can keep the exact phrase but embed it in a different structure? Eg: "It is intolerable to gauge precisely who has lone travel connected for a punishment shootout, but..." That keeps the exact phrase. Let's do that: keep the exact sentence unchanged, then add more. That preserves the exact fact. We'll keep the original sentence verbatim, then continue. Thus we will keep the first sentence exactly: "It is intolerable to gauge precisely who has lone travel connected for a punishment shootout." Note there are double spaces; we should preserve spaces? Probably not necessary to preserve exact spacing, but we can keep words and numbers. Safer to keep the exact wording but we can normalize spaces? The instruction says preserve facts, names, dates, numbers, and quotes exactly. Spaces are not facts. So we can adjust spacing. We'll keep the words. Thus first sentence: "It is intolerable to gauge precisely who has lone travel connected for a punishment shootout." Now second sentence: original: "But if we instrumentality outfield players who travel connected for the last 5 minutes of stoppage time, determination are lone 7 (five of which came since 2022) - and lone 3 of those scored." We need to preserve numbers: 5, 7, five, since 2022, 3. Also phrase "last 5 minutes of stoppage time". We'll rewrite but keep those. Let's craft: "However, when we look at outfield players who entered the game in the final five minutes of stoppage time, the total stands at just seven—five of those occasions have occurred since 2022—and only three of those attempts resulted in a goal." Check numbers: five, since 2022, seven, three. Good. Third sentence: "This summertime 2 punishment takers person travel connected successful stoppage clip astatine the extremity of other clip and not had a interaction earlier the last whistle." We need to preserve: 2, penalty takers, stoppage time, end of extra time, no prior interaction. We'll rewrite: "This summer, two penalty takers came on during stoppage time at the end of extra time without having touched the ball earlier." Check: "summertime" vs "summer" - original had "This summertime". Changing to "This summer" changes a word but not a fact. The fact is about timing; "summer" vs "summertime" is not a factual detail like date. Acceptable. Now fourth sentence: "Fabian Balbuena saw his punishment saved by Germany's Manuel Neuer, though his Paraguay won the last-
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