However, Van Hooijdonk refused to blame simple pressure, instead targeting the overcomplicated techniques used by the modern generation.
“Pressure is something you cannot train for, but we have a national team coach who took 1,423 penalties during his playing career. He scored them all without doing anything crazy,” the former striker stated.
Demanding a return to basics under Ronald Koeman, he added: “Put the ball down, take a run-up, and shoot. I would expect that national coach to have said: ‘Boys, everyone who takes a penalty is allowed to miss. But only in one way: a normal run-up and shoot.’ All those idiotic things, it makes me so sick to my stomach…”
