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No more WC shoot-outs ?World football governing authority - FIFA - President Sepp Blatter has backed a call for World Cup finals not to longer be decided by penalty shoot-outs.
Blatter described this summer's shoot-out, which saw Italy crowned World Cup victors over France as a "tragedy" and indicated that, in future, drawn finals would be replayed.
"When it comes to the World Cup final it is passion, and when it goes to extra time it is a drama. But when it comes to penalty kicks it is a tragedy. Football is a team sport and penalties is not a team, it is the individual," Blatter told a Swiss Chamber of Commerce event in Zurich.
Blatter also suggested that deducting players from both teams in extra-team would be a superior alternative to penalty shoot-outs.
"Maybe to replay the match if it's the final, you can't do that through the tournament because of lack of time. Maybe to take players away and play golden goal."
It is not known whether or not Blatter envisages to see these changes implemented in time for the next World Cup, which will be hosted by South Africa in 2010.
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