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Penalty shootout deciding games in football
What a pity, the world cup finals 2006 was won by Italy due to a simple mistake committed by a french player during the penalty shootouts. This doesn't mean that France is the runner and Italy is the winner, both exhibited some tremendous skills. Any game deciding the winner should have substantial difference in goals especially in Penalty shootouts. Rather than one goal difference separating the two teams, penalty shootout should decide the winner based on two goal difference (how long its going to take to decide the winner in this case?).

Imagine the first team converting the five penalty corners and the second team converting four. Look at the pressure on the second team to finish the fifth one, its really immense and in that way if two goal difference comes into play, the goalkeepers and the players can focus on the penalty shootout with much assurance. Moreover the finals which is played just once in four years can be more exciting if it's a best of three contest rather than a sole game deciding the winner.