This has to be one of the most anticlimactic things to have ever happened in the history of sports.
Spain and Morocco faced off against one another in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 on Dec. 6, but before we get to the game, get to know this intel. Prior to the match, Spain manager Luis Enrique spoke to reporters and revealed how he made his players take 1,000 penalty kicks (PKs) each to make sure they wouldn’t lose a World Cup game due to PKs.
“Over a year ago, in many national camps we told players, ‘You have homework ahead of the World Cup. You must take at least 1,000 penalties with the club’. You can’t just train them when they’re with the national team’,” Luis Enrique said to reporters Dec. 5.
“I told my players a year ago that they had to practice at least 1,000 penalty kicks in their clubs. I hope they did their homework”, Luis Enrique. pic.twitter.com/PtZtSmzRfd
— Rodolfo Landeros (@RodolfoLanderos) December 5, 2022
Now let’s get to the game.
Spain, who won the World Cup back in 2010, dominated the match statistically, getting 75% of the possession and completing nearly 1000 passes in the game, but they failed to find a single goal the entire 90 minutes, and with Morocco also being level at 0-0, the game went into extra time and then ultimately a penalty shootout, Reuters reported.
Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou stepped up massively, saving two penalty kicks launched from Spain after watching the first one hit the post. Up 2-0 after landing their first two kicks, Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi then had an opportunity to win the game for his team, and that’s exactly what he would do with a nice little chip shot for the 3-0 PK win.
If I was the manager of Spain, I’d be pissed, because to me, it’s obvious that none of these guys did their “homework” — probably too busy having orgies, which was an actual concern the Spanish manager had heading into the tournament, OutKick reported. (RELATED: REPORT: Cristiano Ronaldo Set To Join Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr On Record Deal Worth Over €500 Million)
And if they actually did take the 1,000 practice penalty kicks, how embarrassing. There’s 26 players on their squad, which equals 26,000 penalty kicks in total for the team, and they lose, and it’s not even that they just lost. They lost, 3-0.
You couldn’t hit at least one of your penalty kicks?
And you’re supposed to be a powerhouse, Spain?
Just like you’re the No. 1 basketball team in the world, right?
Ha! Give me a break.