Research conducted by Erman Misirlisoy and Professor Patrick
Haggard (UCL Cognitive Neuroscience) has found that after
a string of penalties aimed in the same direction, goalkeepers are more likely
to dive in the opposite direction on the next penalty but kickers fail to
exploit this pattern.
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