A penalty during a match and a penalty shootout: what differs?
The match score and the result of a shootout after the final whistle are separate records.
A match can finish 0–0 and then be decided 3–2 on penalties: the first is the match score and the second is the shootout result. Under IFAB’s 2026/27 Law 10, a shootout takes place after the match ends to decide a tie requiring a winner.
The teams alternate five kicks each. It ends early if one side cannot catch the other with its remaining kicks. If level after five, they continue with equal numbers of kicks until one side leads.
Imagine 4–4 after five kicks. If A scores its sixth and B also scores, the shootout continues; if B misses, A wins. This is hypothetical, not a Flamengo result.
A penalty kick during a match is part of the game and follows Law 14. Time can be extended to complete it when necessary; that does not make it a shootout.
Whether extra time precedes a shootout and how a two-leg tie is decided depend on the competition rules. This explains the basic IFAB 2026/27 procedure.
