In the last 16 of the World Cup, Spain and Morocco fought to the penalty shootout, but said goodbye with a 12-yard loss. Known as the "Raging Bulls", the Spanish team's performance in the penalty shootout was a disaster, with all three penalty takers failing to score, making it the third consecutive international competition in which they have lost on penalties. After the game, the Spanish team leader Anriki although admitted responsibility, but on whether the loss resigned to keep quiet.
In the last two minutes of extra time, Spain brought on Sarabia with the intention of breaking the deadlock with the help of his shots. The striker, who had hit the post in the match, was not to be the hero as he failed to hit the first penalty kick, followed by Carruthers-Suenna and Busquets, as Spain lost the penalty shootout 0-3.
In his post-match interview, Anriki said, "All the blame is on me, I picked the first three penalty kickers and I think they are all good at taking penalties. The subsequent penalties were left up to the players and unfortunately we didn't even make it to the fourth penalty shootout." He also mentioned that before the World Cup he had ordered his players to "do their homework", i.e. each of them had to shoot 1,000 penalties before the final week, but it didn't turn out to be the case.
Looking back at the last World Cup, Spain defeated Russia on penalties in the round of 16, and lost to Italy on penalties in the quarterfinals of last year's European Cup, going out of their third consecutive international tournament that way. On the question of his stay, Anriki responded, "It's not the right time to talk about my stay, I want to go home and see my family and my dog as soon as possible, and wait until next week when the FA president feels the time is right, then we will discuss our future plans."
