A strange little side quest
There is a neat bit of history hiding behind the kind of play you find in Foot. The first penalty shoot-out in World Cup history came in the 1982 semi-final between West Germany and France. The timeline takes another interesting turn: Basketball became an Olympic medal sport in 1936, while women’s basketball joined the Olympic programme in 1976. The details change, but the appeal of learning a system and trying again is remarkably persistent.
