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Should the World Cup Final be decided by a penalty shootout?
As a thought experiment, David Elkin looks into the concept of the penalty shootout, and asks is it the most sporting way to decide the World Cup?
Author: David Elkin
Claudio Gentile and the story of Diego Maradona’s first World Cup
David Elkin looks at Diego Maradona’s first World Cup and the Argentine’s defining run-in with one Claudio Gentile.