A penalty shoot-out is a tiebreaker system used in association football (soccer) to decide a winner when a match is tied after both the regulation 90 minutes and 30 minutes of extra time have been played. In the shoot-out each team selects five players from the eleven on the field at the end of extra time to take alternating penalty kicks against the opposing goalkeeper, with the team that scores the most goals after five chances each declared the winner. If the score is tied after five rounds, the shoot-out enters a sudden-death phase in which players from both teams continue taking penalties until a player from one of the teams fails to score in a round. A player is only allowed to take a second penalty kick if everyone else from the team, including the goalkeeper, has done so once and the score is still tied. Unlike when a penalty kick is awarded during open play, in a shoot-out a player cannot score from a rebound if the goalkeeper saves the initial kick or if the ball bounces off the goal frame. During the shoot-out, either goalkeeper can be replaced by another from their respective pool of substitutes if injured. However, if a goalkeeper is shown a red card during the shoot-out, only one of the outfield players can serve as a replacement. Also, if one team has a greater number of players than the opponent before or during the shoot-out, it must reduce its eligible penalty-takers to match the opponent’s number. A match that is decided by a penalty shoot-out is recorded as a draw, and goals scored during the shoot-out are not added to a player’s individual tally.
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