59 Stuart Pearce's Penalty

Number 59 from the channel 4 show 100 Greatest Sporting Moments,Spain were not the force they are now but England could not find a way past them in 120 minutes of football and with the score at 0-0 after extra time, the dreaded shoot-out followed.

Alan Shearer and David Platt both scored theirs, while Fernando Hierro missed his.

Next up for England was Stuart Pearce. Psycho had been one of the players whose spot-kick was saved in the defeat to Germany in the 1990 World Cup semi-final in Italy, yet he didn’t hesitate for a moment before volunteering to do his duty.

The whole of England held their breath as he ran up to the ball and then buried it in the back of the net. His reaction was one of the most enduring images of the competition as he punched the air in angry celebration, six years of hurt finally exorcised.

Miguel Nadal (uncle to Rafa) missed his kick while Gazza scored and for once, England had done it, and won a penalty shoot-out.

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