There's lots of elements in a penalty. The pressure is on the shooter. The goalie is often expected to just guess to give himself a chance. Players will often shoot down the middle or just a little to one side or the other knowing the goalie is really at their mercy.
Bottom line: great, great play by the goalkeeper to ice the Swiss.
The goalie beat the Swiss shooters. It's as simple as that. The other keeper stopped one which is great in itself. But not when the oppossing keeper totally snuffs your team.
Amazing!
Well, the first thing they tell you when you're learning how to take penalties is never, EVER shoot low and just to the right or left of the keeper, because more often than not it's going to be saved, especially the way keepers are allowed to cheat off the line the way they are now. If anything, it's better to take dead aim at the keeper's head and try to rip a hole through the back of the net. I've never seen so many bad penalties strung together.
I certainly don't see how the Ukrainian goalie beat the penalty takers there. Hell - he would have done well to get out of the way of a couple of those kicks.
This was just a terrible match all around. Is there anyway both of them could go home and we could give Mexico that spot? :P