{"id":2037541,"date":"2026-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2037541"},"modified":"2026-07-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:00:00","slug":"one-kick-a-lifetime-of-consequences-the-immense-pressure-of-world-cup-penalties-worldnews-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2037541","title":{"rendered":"One kick, a lifetime of consequences: The immense pressure of World Cup penalties &#8211; Worldnews.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-article mB40\">\n<div id=\"article-url\">\n<p class=\"art-text\"><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A penalty kick shootout is the height of World Cup drama.    All eyes are on the shooter, the ball and the goalkeeper. Twelve yards separate the penalty spot from the goal, and one moment separates despair from elation.  So far in the 2026 World Cup, just 39 of 60 penalties have scored (including in-game<\/span>&#8230;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t read\u00a0full\u00a0story\n                <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote\">&#8220;<i>One kick can determine a championship, a World Cup or even become part of a player&#8217;s legacy,<\/i>&#8220;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2026\/07\/10\/One_kick_a_lifetime_of_consequences_The_immense_pressure_of_\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] A penalty kick shootout is the height of World Cup drama. All eyes are on the shooter, the ball and the goalkeeper. Twelve yards separate the penalty spot from the goal, and one moment separates despair from elation. So far in the 2026 World Cup, just 39 of 60 penalties have scored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[65,226],"class_list":["post-2037541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-consequence-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2037541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2037541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2037541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2037541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}