In the just-concluded World Cup, the Croatian team won two consecutive games through the penalty shootout, the road to promotion is quite bumpy. In these two tense and exciting penalty shootout, the Croatian team shot a total of 7 goals, hit rate as high as 87.5%, showing a very high soccer skills.
However, careful observation of the foreign media found that the Croatian team players in the penalty shootout seems to have a fixed shooting habits. They almost only choose to shoot the ball to the left side of the TV screen and the central area, and rarely try the right side. This strategy has been verified in both penalty shootouts.
In the Round of 16 match against Japan, Nikolai Wah Sik, Margolihuacha and Paschalik all fired the ball to the left side of the net, with Margolihuacha hitting a great shot to earn his team a chance to advance, while Posovic managed to net a shot to the center of the area.
Into the final eight, the Croatian team's Nikola Warsi and Luv Lumacha in the first round of penalty kicks still choose to shoot to the center, while Modi Li and Misnav Kersei will shoot the ball to the left, the results are successful hits. Statistics show that in these two penalty kicks, the Croatian team shot eight times, of which five times to the left and three times to the center.
In response to this shooting pattern, the opposing goalkeeper has every opportunity to choose to pounce in the direction of fewer shots, thus increasing the success rate of the saves. If in the future semi-final, Argentina and Croatia again through the penalty shootout to determine the winner, Argentina goalkeeper Damian Martinez may be prepared in advance, using the Croatian team's shooting habits to fight for victory.
