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UEFA introduces new form of penalty shootouts.    
dailypost.ngMay 6, 2017 10:24 AM         European football governing body, UEFA, is set to transform penalty shootouts in football.The new method of taking penalty shootouts is already going through trials.Instead of the normal form which sees teams alternating spot-kicks, Uefa is considering a new system similar to the tie-break in tennis.The system will be tried out at the European Under-17 Championship, which began in Croatia on Wednesday.The new pattern will have teams take turns in a shootout, with the choice of who goes first decided by a coin toss.For example, team A goes first, then team B, then team A again.This new system is referred to as ‘ABBA’ and sees team A followed by team B – before team B goes again.Team A would then get two successive penalties, and so on until there is a winner.A coin will still be tossed to decide who goes first.The idea is to stop the team going second having to always, potentially, play catch-up.

Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard has signed a new contract at Old Trafford that could earn him £100,000 a week.

The 24-year-old England international is now committed to the Premier League club until 2021 and there is the option to extend the deal by a further year.

Lingard has made 70 appearances for United, who he joined as a seven-year-old, and won four caps for his country.
"Manchester United has always been a big part of my life," said Lingard.
"I feel great pride every time I pull the shirt on."

Lingard holds the rare distinction of scoring in three successive games for his club at Wembley.

After netting the winner in last season's
FA Cup final, Lingard also scored against Leicester in the Community Shield and Southampton as United won the EFL Cup in February.

"To have scored in two cup finals for my boyhood club were immensely proud moments for me and my family," he added.

"As a team, we have already won a major trophy this season and I look forward to helping us win many more under this great manager."

United boss Jose Mourinho said: "Jesse is a popular member of the squad and I am delighted he has signed a new contract.

"He has good intelligence which, when combined with his energy and ability, makes for a player with a great future ahead of him."

Lingard had spells on loan at Leicester, Birmingham and Brighton before he was given his first-team debut by Mourinho's predecessor Louis van Gaal against Swansea in the opening game of the 2014-15 season.

This season he has played 29 times, scoring five goals.