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Hi Ben, completely agree with your 1st insight, a good shoot out needs misses and saves..can you so an analysis of the Liverpool - AC Milan 2005 Champions LEague Final? one of the happiest evenings (after 45 mins of nightmare) ever !!

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Thanks Philip, hope you're well! Yup, that shoot-out was fantastic and of course belonged to Dudek, who made 3 saves (unlike Grobbelaar who made zero in 1984!). Will take a look at that, perhaps after the Euros!

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Thanks Ben. A good read. Loved this bit that really tickled me…

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I actually wondered at some point if the lack of any real importance on the game meant the players could even be missing on purpose as some kind of elaborate prank/piece of trolling (of course they weren’t, but the thought popped into my head).

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Ha, Sean and Dan were super-helpful on this one and gave some brilliant - and honest - insight! Glad you enjoyed it, thanks!

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