Practice makes perfect for ice-cool Ivan Toney, insists penalty expert GEIR JORDET...
after the Brentford star held his nerve from 12 yards in England's shootout win over Switzerland Ivan Toney maintained his exemplary penalty record in England's shootout win All five of England's spot kick takers scored in the victory over Switzerland LISTEN to It's All Kicking Off! EUROS DAILY: Harry Kane has to come out of the England XI - it's holding them back and it's time for Ivan Toney or Ollie Watkins By Geir Jordet Published: 22:30, 7 July 2024 | Updated: 23:51, 7 July 2024 e-mail 2 View comments Ivan Toney 's penalty was brilliant, beautiful and an example of what I call the ‘goalkeeper-dependent technique’ in my book, where the penalty-taker waits for the goalie to make the first move. More and more players are turning to it. There is a logic to it because you take away the uncertainty of ‘Will the goalkeeper guess correctly?’ — you adapt to where he is going.
But it requires incredible emotional composure. What we saw from Toney, not even looking at the ball as he took the fourth penalty, was absurd. He was up against a goalkeeper in Yann Sommer who stood still for a very, very long time.
That can be a challenge but Toney had a Plan B, confident that he could find the bottom-left corner regardless. Ivan Toney demonstrated incredible composure as he stepped up to take England's fourth penalty against Switzerland The Brentford star benefitted from getting a run out in ext.
