Euro 2020: penalty shootouts can be won or lost on a coin toss
- Written by Dominik Schreyer, Assistant Professor of Sports Economics, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Euro 2020 is about to get serious. After two weeks of group matches, the knockout phase of the tournament means every game is win or lose. The stakes are high, the players are tense – and for some teams, a place in the next round may well depend on the outcome of a penalty shootout.
These game deciders, held if neither team is ahead after 90...