The quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup begin on Friday with Croatia taking on Brazil, before the Netherlands and Argentina face off in the later game.
England’s last eight fixture comes the following day, against holders France, and something many England fans will be hoping to avoid is the game going beyond 90 minutes.
Gareth Southgate’s men lost in extra-time at the semi-final stage of the last World Cup, falling 2-1 to Croatia, while they took Italy all the way to penalties in the Euro 2020 final, only to fall just short.
England had never actually won a World Cup game on penalties until the 2018 last-16 victory over Colombia. They exited the competition on spot kicks in 1990, 1998 and 2006.
If England and France do find themselves level at the end of regulation time, here’s how it works at this tournament.
How long does extra-time last?
In the knockout stages, if scores are level at the end of 90 minutes (plus the extensive stoppage time that is being played at this tournament) then the game will go to extra-time.
This is two 15-minute periods, with stoppage time at the end of each.
Two games have gone to extra-time at this World Cup so far – Croatia vs Japan and Morocco vs Spain.
In the 1998 and 2002 World Cups “golden goal” was used. Under this system a game would end in extra-time as soon as one team scored.
Four World Cup games were decided by this method. Laurent Blanc scored to see France defeat Paraguay in the last 16 of the 1998 tournament, while Senegal were involved in two of three golden goal incidents in 2002.
The first went in their favour – a 2-1 win over Sweden in the round-of-16 – before they were knocked out by an Ilhan Mansiz strike for Turkey in the quarters.
Perhaps the most famous instance of golden goal was Ahn Jung-hwan’s goal three minutes from the end of extra-time which saw South Korea beat Italy in the same tournament.
Golden goal was scrapped in 2004 and was largely considered a failed experiment, as it did not prompt the type of attacking football that had been hoped when it was installed.
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How do penalties work at the World Cup?
If the teams are still level at the end of extra-time, the game will go to penalties.
In a penalty shootout first a coin will be flipped to decide which team will shoot first, and also which goal will be used.
Each team takes five penalties, alternating between the teams. The shootout will end early if it becomes mathematically impossible for one side to win.
If there is still nothing separating the teams after five kicks each then it will go to sudden death.
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