Football chiefs will tear up the penalty rulebook to ban the game after Emi Martinez’s World C…

Football chiefs will tear up the penalty rulebook to ban the game after Emi Martinez's World C...

EMI MARTINEZ has been warned by football’s lawmakers: We’re coming for you. The Aston Villa keeper’s World Cup shootout antics for Argentina will see a major change in penalty rules next season. Martinez was the hero in the shootout wins over Holland and France as the South Americans prevailed in Qatar. But his gamesmanship and delaying tactics aimed at destabilizing opponents infuriated the international FA …

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World Cup 2022: Cristiano Ronaldo a ‘total genius’ for beating Portugal on penalties – Fifa

World Cup 2022: Cristiano Ronaldo a 'total genius' for beating Portugal on penalties - Fifa

Cristiano Ronaldo has been called a “total genius” by Fifa for the way he won a penalty for Portugal in their World Cup win over Ghana. The 37-year-old made the move to become the first man to score in five different Fifa World Cups. Portugal won 3-2 but the award of the free-kick outraged Ghana boss Otto Addo, who said it was ‘not a penalty’. …

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