Penalty shootouts at the World Cup are a drama of 'inhumane' pressure‎

The World Cup is in the lose-and-go-home stage of the tournament and the pressure keeps rising with every minute of every match. Exhausted players and goalkeepers face off in a tense one-on-one confrontation that carries the hopes and dreams of entire nations. Two of the first four matches in the round of 32 were settled by shootouts: Morocco beat the Netherlands and Paraguay bested Germany.