SIR – Roy Hodgson is excusing his England players for failing to win the penalty shoot-out against Italy because he says that one cannot gauge for tiredness, cramp and nerves at the end of a long hard game.
Why not practise taking penalties after training and not just in it?
PHIL PEGLER
Worcester
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