England choking at penalties is a constant at this point.
And it's to the same team that robbed them back in 2012 with the same scenario too. Can't make this up.

The tactic England persuied sounds plausible on paper but failed for a practical reason: hold back your star players who are really good at penalties in case you get to the penalty phase, so they won't be completely exhausted by the end of it.

They sat on the bench all game long. Just waiting.

Meaning: they were cold and stiff af. No warm up, no opportunity to get into the flow of things.

It's like arriving at your job in the morning and being expected to do something super complicated and extremely critical right out of the gate, while you didn't even have your coffee yet, never mind breakfast.

Turns out not being warmed up at all is just as bad as being completely exhausted.