Soccer Football - Euro 2020 - Quarter Final - Switzerland v Spain - Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia - July 2, 2021 Spain coach Luis Enrique Pool via REUTERS/Kirill Kudryavtsev
ST. PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Even though Spain had crashed out of their last World Cup on penalties and missed their previous five spot-kicks, coach Luis Enrique was never in doubt about Friday's shootout against Switzerland in the Euro 2020 quarter-final.
"That was the most tranquil penalty shootout I've ever been through because we'd done all our homework, all our practice, and there was nothing left for the staff and me to do," he said after Spain squeezed through 3-1 in the shootout.
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