Amanda Dlamini

That 30 or so meters to the penalty area felt much longer.

Dr. Adrian Sabadich is a Hungarian sports psychologist and works with the English Women's Super League Club, West Ham United.

She began working in women's football whilst researching how to improve team resilience.

So she seems like the perfect person to ask why it affects me and so many other players.

There's that word lottery again.

I wish I really had this kind of insight growing up as a young girl.

But we never really had much of practice where set pieces are concerned or penalties.

So when you walk up to a penalty, the coach would just say, I trust you, you got this.

But there was never really mental preparation or how it is to develop that skill.

You're listening to the documentary from the BBC World Service.

Whilst the penalty shootout might not be a lottery, it can be a leveller.

The likes of Argentina's Lionel Messi, Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and USA's Colly Lloyd have all missed in shootouts.

One story of a world-class player missing a penalty at a crucial moment takes us to one of the host nations at this year's World Cup.

In the 1990s, the men's and women's tournaments were held in the United States.

During those competitions, two photos were taken at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California.

Both were taken after the fifth player took a penalty in a shootout.

They sum up the agony and the ecstasy.

Ben Littleton again.

Five years later, the Women's World Cup final took place when the USA faced China.

It was almost a mirror image of the men's final in 1994.