A penalty shootout is the most nerve-wracking, nail-biting climax to any game of football. Usually, it doesn’t take long for one team to buckle, but on occasion, they can become a real endurance test in themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are the five longest shootouts of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s not just at senior level where England have endured much heartbreak over the years – in the 2007 European Championships, the Under-21s were dumped out after a 12-yard marathon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leroy Lita had given England the lead just before half time but Maceo Rigters’ late goal saw Holland take the game to extra time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Penalties were required and all 11 players on each side took spot-kicks with the scoreline tied at 8-8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The game was decided when Anton Ferdinand smashed the crossbar with his effort and England suffered another semi-final exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Months after Liverpool came close to winning their first title for 24 years, Brendan Rodgers’ side, minus Luis Suarez, seemed to lose some of their potency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They faced Middlesbrough in the third round of the EFL Cup with the game ending 2-2 after extra time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thirty penalties had been taken before Albert Adomah stepped up to miss the crucial kick, sending his effort wide of the target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even before the seemingly interminable penalty drama, the 2009 Greek Cup final was exciting enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Ignacio Scocco scored a 90th-minute goal which AEK thought would win them the game, Matt Derbyshire (who ironically was involved in the England Under-21 squad for the game above), scored in the sixth minute of added time to send the game into extra time with the score-line at 3-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each side scored once more to send the match to penalties and another marathon ensued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thirty-four spot kicks were needed and the unfortunate match loser was Argentine midfielder Agustin Pelletieri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The match helped solidify Olympiakos’ dominance of domestic Greek football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Namibia is hardly a hotbed of football but one thing it does have is history when it comes to penalty kicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fans certainly got their money’s worth in the final of the 2005 Namibian Cup where an enormous 48 spot-kicks were required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fifteen in total were missed with KK Palace eventually coming out on top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Midlands non-league JW Hunt Cup clash is officially the longest penalty shootout of all-time with a staggering 44 kicks needed to reach a result – this one goes in at number one due to the scoreline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The match finished 3-3 after extra time and penalties were needed but absolutely no-one would have predicted what was to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is always a charming sense of chaos about non-league football in Britain and this shootout saw just about everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the end, it was 27-year-old left-back Jack Marsh, a teacher by trade and son of the club’s secretary Simon, who scored the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Old Wulfs celebrated the win in true non-league style – fish and chips and beers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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