All kicks aside, that has to be one of the poorer penalty shootouts I have seen in a while.
Japan did not really take their penalties that well and were very lucky that Solo turned the ball into the net on the fourth kick.
Nah dred... Miyama take de first penalty and the keeper didn't even dive... she barely move... that is how expert a penalty that was. Kumagai's kick to win it was sent into the roof of the net... how you could say Japan didn't take their penalties well??
Well , Solo saved the second one and was unlucky not to have saved the fourth as well. Maybe I was being a bit unfair given the quality of penalty kicks that I saw yesterday in the Copa quarters between Argentina and Uruguay. Also, to be honest, I am a bit preoccupied with a deadline I am trying to make, so perhaps I didn't think my comment through.
But way what. Perhaps I am not as good at multitasking as I thought I was.