Penalty Lottery
The Round of 16 started off with a whimper (a stalemate between Brazil and Chile) and continued with a roar (as Colombia produced maybe the goal of the tournament as they dismissed a toothless Uruguay) today. I was disappointed that Neymar didn't try this though. Country Shootouts Won Lost Percent Belgium 1 1 0 100% Germany 6 5 1 83% United States 5 4 1 80% Colombia 4 3 1 75% Nigeria 10 7 3 70% Argentina 10 6 4 60% Brazil 10 6 4 60% Algeria 4 2 2 50% France 6 3 3 50% Costa Rica 7 3 4 43% Mexico 10 4 6 40% Netherlands 5 1 4 20% Switzerland 1 0 1 0% There has been a penalty shootout in the very first knockout game in Brazil. Last time out in 2010 there was only a total of 2 shootouts. The record was set in 1990 and equalled in 2006 . In both of those World Cups we saw 4 matches decided on penalties. USA need to be careful not to push Belgium to penalty shots. Belgium are the only team left in the competitio...