To Miss, or Not to Miss? Trivia Quiz

Answer: West Germany

The game itself was a tense but open affair. After full time the two teams were locked at 1-1. Andreas Brehme had scored a fortunate goal via deflected free kick, to give the West German side the lead on the hour. However, with 10 minutes remaining, England equalised through Gary Lineker. England were the better side in extra time and made a handful of excellent chances only to see the game finish 1-1 after extra time and on to the penalties.

England took the first penalty which saw Lineker score to make it 1-0. Brehme then made it 1-1, followed by Peter Beardsly 2-1, Lothar Matthias 2-2, David Platt 3-2, and Karl Heinz Riedle 3-3. However, Stuart Pearce an excellent penalty taker had his shot saved by German keeper Bodo Illgner and the game had turned away from England. Olaf Thon stepped forward to beat Peter Shilton and make it 4-3 to West Germany. Up stepped Chris Waddle and he blasted the penalty well over the crossbar to give the West Germans victory and a place in the final. The game was played in Delle Alpi stadium in Turin, Italy on July 7th 1990.

West Germany beat Argentina in the final 1-0, curtosy of- a penalty scored by Andreas Brehme.

Answer: Stuart Pearce

"Psycho" as he was nicknamed, stepped forward to take his spot kick whilst the score was 3-3 between England and West Germany in the 1990 WC SF. Sadly for the popular Nottingham Forest defender, he saw his kick saved easily by Bodo Illgner.

Answer: Chris Waddle

Waddle was an outstanding talent and had played a very strong part in getting England to the semi-final in 1990. However, he really did not look all that confident when he stepped forward, knowing he had to score to keep England in the competition. Sadly for all Englishmen, Waddle sent his shot high and wide.

Answer: Yes

Yes, the Euro Nations quarter-final played at Wembley Stadium on June 22nd 1996, saw both sides play well in a 0-0 draw. Spain had two goals disallowed when on closer inspection they should of stood. However, when it came down to it, England won the shoot out 4-2.
Alan Shearer, David Platt, Stuart Pearce, and Paul Gascoigne, all hit the target in the shootout while Guillermo Amor and Alberto Belsue scored penalties for Spain. Fernando Hierro hit the crossbar and Miguel Angel Nadal had his spot-kick saved by England goalkeeper David Seaman.

Answer: David Seaman

The 1990 WC SF saw Peter Shilton in goal. David Seaman then took part in the 1996 Euro Nations shoot outs vs Spain and Germany, plus the 1998 WC 2nd phase match vs Argentina. David James was keeper in the 2004 Euro Nations QF vs Portugal.

Answer: Paul Ince and David Batty

A fantastic second phase match between England and Argentina saw drama unfold at the highest level. The game played in the Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne, saw after six minutes the scoring begin as it would end with a penalty, which Gabriel Batistuta converted for Argentina.

However just four minutes later England levelled the score through an Alan Shearer penalty. Within a further six minutes, England led through one of the greatest goals to be scored in a finals, when the 18 year old Liverpool forward Michael Owen scored after a long run and top quality finished.

However, in first half stoppage time Zanetti leveled things up with a clever goal from a free kick. Early in the second half, England saw David Beckham sent off for kicking out at the Argentinian midfielder Simone. England playing with 10 men played wonderfully and had what seemed a perfectly good goal disallowed late on by Sol Campbell. Extra time saw no chage in score. So on to penalties it went.

Answer: France

England had not faced France in a shoot out, but had lost twice to Germany, once to Portugal, and beaten Spain.

Answer: Darius Vassell

England faced home nation Portugal and took an early lead through a Michael Owen goal. The Portuguese then laid siege to England's penalty area, and equalised some seven minutes from time thanks to a header by Helder Postiga. Into extra time and Portugal went 2-1 thanks to a wonderful strike by Rui Costa, only to see Frank Lampard score late on to make it 2-2 after extra time.

The shoot out saw Beckham miss, followed by Deco making it 1-0. Owen 1-1, Simao 2-1, Lampard 2-2, before Rui Costa misse dhis kick and level the scores. John Terry put England 3-2 up, then Ronaldo 3-3 and Hargreaves 4-3, Maniche 4-4, Cole 5-4 and Postiga 5-5, then Vassell saw his kick saved by Ricardo.

The goalkeeper then took the penalty that sent the hosts through and England out.

Answer: seven

The seven penalty takers who had missed for England between 1990 and 2004 were; Stuart Pearce, Chris Waddle, Gareth Southgate, Paul Ince, David Batty, David Beckham, and Darius Vassell.

Answer: Won 1 Lost 4

England lost to West Germany 4-3 in 1990 WCSF, beat Spain 4-2 in 1996 ECQF, lost 5-4 to Germany in 1996 ECSF, lost 4-3 to Argentina in 1998 WC 2nd phase, and 2004 ECQF 6-5 vs Portugal.