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How to handle the heat of World Cup knockout matches
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How to handle the heat of World Cup knockout matches

Paddy Steinfort, ex-Football Australia Performance Director, explains how to prepare for the pressure cooker of 'win or bust' World Cup football

Four billion tigers. That’s the metaphorical audience some of Italy greatest players described facing in the final of the last World Cup on American soil.

In 1994, it was too much for the likes of Roberto Baggio, Franco Baresi and Roberto Donadoni. Baggio’s skied shootout penalty, which ended Italy’s hopes of winning the tournament, was arguably as much …

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