England's golden generation can't overcome the penalty curse!

in the mid 2000s England had one of the most talented Generations in football history with stars like Terry Ferdinand Gerard Lampard Owen and Rooney they were among the favorites in every tournament their first big test was Euro 2004 however they were eliminated by Portugal on penalties in the quarterfinals in the 2006 World Cup the Fate did not change again in the quarterfinals again on penalties and again against Portugal an even bigger disappointment came in Euro 2008 in the last group match they lost to Croatia at Wembley and failed to qualify for the tournament in the 2010 World Cup Germany sent them home with four goals in the last 16 round one last try was at Euro 2012 but this time they were eliminated by Italy on penalties in the quarterfinals the golden generation never got beyond the quarterfinals and penalties became England's curse