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With penalty shootouts not yet invented, how was the UEFA Euro 1968 semi-final between hosts Italy and the Soviet Union decided after a goalless draw?
CORRECT ANSWER
A coin toss
Italy's captain Giacinto Facchetti called correctly in a coin toss in Naples to send the hosts through to the final, since shootouts did not yet exist.
ALL OPTIONS
✓A coin toss
BA replay the next day
CExtra players sent off
DGolden goal in extra time
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