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I must say that I was nervous when Eric Dier took the fifth penalty for England because he had not had the best match until after coming into play as a substitute against Colombia. But when he scored and England qualified for the quarterfinals that way, I celebrated, that 's for sure.
Anyone who takes a penalty is one of the bravest people on the ground. When our World Cup semi-final went to penalties against West Germany in 1990, the first thing I thought was: "I hope not to have to take a shot at it. . " at this moment. There was no pre-plan of who would take the kicks from us from Sir Bobby Robson. You knew that those who would – Gary Lineker would always be our banker – and after that I think it was a case of who wanted to take one. Chris Waddle did not really want to take it, he raised his hand.
Unlike today's game – and as we have seen with England's Gareth Southgate – there had been nothing. before the game, nothing at half-time, about what would happen if he had to go to the penalty shootout. I do not think anyone thought that. We were the first team in England to participate in a shootout.
Now everyone is talking about it, but you talked about winning a game in 90 minutes or more. You did not think that penalties would happen. More than anything, I hoped it was not going to go beyond the top five, as Peter Shilton would have done to know who was going to take the last one.
Now the homework is done all the time about the penalties – how will the goalkeeper go, that sort of thing. But in football there is always a period of learning – 1990 was a time of learning. England was in a penalty shoot-out for the first time and did not win, so it became a very negative discussion about how the camp had not been prepare.
Today everyone is an expert, saying that you should practice the media mean that there are those who are able to express, in their millions of dollars, that 's the best. they have a better idea than people who are elite professionals.
My point of view is: how can you practice taking a penalty when you ride? try to get your team to a final or save your team? How can you replicate this on the training ground? You can only train where you are going to put the ball but you can not give anything to that person to make him feel what it is like to be in this situation , as was Dier. It is absolutely impossible.
People must understand that this is not as easy as it appears. That's why you start with your banker, as Harry Kane did against Colombia, and we did with Gary Lineker – to make sure you score. We could have had Gary Lineker at the end, for the sake of glory, but will the shootout come to an end? You saw with Chelsea and John Terry [in 2008 Champions League final] – he wanted to be at the end, he was looking for glory, and slipped. Could he have been one of the best takers and left earlier? Who knows: his six and a half dozen of the other
I think a lot about the lack of Chris Waddle and I do not see any problem because Chris was huge in this tournament, he did not never cheated. So he gets closer and I say to myself, "This is not a problem." The other side was, "Oh my God, I'll be up soon." Seriously, I thought Chris would score and the competition would go forward, but it never materialized.
The feeling when you're eliminated on penalties? There is a picture of me with my hands on my face. I was just exhausted. But that was a position I would never have thought of being. So, at that moment, I do not think I wanted to burst into tears.
Realistic, it was a moment that seemed unrealistic in my career. : 15 or 20 minutes of potentially playing in the World Cup final. I was playing in a semifinal of the World Cup, which was as big as it was at the time. It's only over time that I've realized the magnitude of this game.
Yet, what is the best of both evils: losing the semifinal or the final? I do not know what is worse to be perfectly honest. Every two years, when there is a major tournament, people remind you how close it was. But in terms of football, it was not so close because it never happened. He did, however, for Gareth Southgate's team and I am so happy for them.
Paul Parker spoke to Jamie Jackson
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