2026-06-25
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As you stand on the halfway line with your teammates, the nerves begin to build.
It's your turn to make that long, lonely walk and the voices in your head start to get louder.
You put the ball on the spot, take a deep breath and decide where you're going to kick it.
I'm Amanda LaMini.
I was the captain of the South African women's national football
team between 2011 and 2013 and now I work as a sports broadcaster.
And this summer, two major international football tournaments are taking place.
It's the Women's African Cup of Nations in Morocco and the Men's World Cup,
the biggest there has ever been in the USA, Mexico and Canada.
And this program is all about the part of the game which used to terrify me.
The penalty shootout.
The penalty kick is football in its purest form, just a ball, a goal, a shooter and a goalkeeper.