A strange little side quest
Even a quick game like Penalty Shooters sits on top of decades — and sometimes centuries — of ideas. The first penalty shoot-out in World Cup history came in the 1982 semi-final between West Germany and France. Another piece of context lands nicely beside it: Basketball became an Olympic medal sport in 1936, while women’s basketball joined the Olympic programme in 1976. The screen is modern; the urge to test skill, pattern and timing definitely is not.