Sepp Blatter has declared that World Cup finals should no longer
be decided by penalty shoot-outs.
The FIFA President described this summer's shoot-out which saw
Italy crowned World Cup victors over France as a "tragedy" and
indicated that, in future, drawn finals would be replayed.
"When it comes to the World Cup final it is passion, and when it
goes to extra time it is a drama. But when it comes to penalty
kicks it is a tragedy. Football is a team sport and penalties is
not a team, it is the individual," Blatter told a Swiss Chamber of
Commerce event in Zurich.
Blatter also suggested that deducting players from both teams in
extra-team would be a superior alternative to penalty
shoot-outs.
"Maybe to replay the match if it's the final, you can't do that
through the tournament because of lack of time. Maybe to take
players away and play golden goal."
