So, the first team exits Euro 2008 via a penalty shoot-out and, like night follows day, the first reaction of “penalty shoot-outs are a lottery” came from Croatia’s manager Slaven Bilic, following Turkey’s victory.
If lotteries were won by skill, technique and holding your nerve, I’d agree with him – but they’re not, I don’t think it’s much of a coincidence that your unlikely to hear a German describe a shoot-out in this way, do you?
