Former England striker, Alan Shearer has defended Marcus Rashford’s style of spot kick during England’s defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 championship on Sunday.
Having finished the regulation and extra-time on 1-1 draw, the match entered a penalty shootout with England’s youngsters summoning the courage to step out.
Jadon Sancho and Arsenal’s 19-year-old forward, Bukayo Saka also missed their spot kicks to hand Italy the trophy.
Speaking particularly about Rashford’s miss, Shearer told BBC, “I can see his [Rashfords] eyes are not on the ball at all, hes watching the goalkeeper.
“He sees that [Donnarumma goes the other way] and he just scuffs it too much, he pulls it too much unfortunately.
“You can never, ever criticise anyone for being brave enough to step forward in that desperate, horrible situation, because thats what it is.
“For the youngsters to say, yes Ill go on and take a penalty, youve got to give them credit for that.
“But its going to be a difficult time for them because mentally it will be tough from now on. But theyve got time on their side and theyll get over it.”
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