EPISODE · Jul 7, 2026 · 7 MIN
Your chance to learn the science behind penalty shoot outs
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It's one of the most dramatic - thrilling - devastating occasions in modern sport. The football pentalty shootout. We've already seen a few of them already in this year's FIFA World Cup - most notably - Paraguay booting out Germany. Professor Robbie Wilson is an ecologist from the University of Queensland, who also has an obsessive love of football. He's been writing about the science behind penalties. He chats to Emile. [picture id="4K2OWVB_AFP__20250813__69GZ2W2__v1__HighRes__FblEurSupercup2025PsgTottenham_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"]
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It's one of the most dramatic - thrilling - devastating occasions in modern sport. The football pentalty shootout. We've already seen a few of them already in this year's FIFA World Cup - most notably - Paraguay booting out Germany. Professor Robbie Wilson is an ecologist from the University of Queensland, who also has an obsessive love of football. He's been writing about the science behind penalties. He chats to Emile. [picture id="4K2OWVB_AFP__20250813__69GZ2W2__v1__HighRes__FblEurSupercup2025PsgTottenham_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"]
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