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Luis Enrique gave his Spain squad homework of taking 1,000 penalties before the World Cup - only to see his side crash out of the tournament after missing all of their spot-kicks against Morocco.
The Spain manager revealed on Monday that he told his team over a year ago to get their practice in ahead of Qatar - after they lost via a penalty shootout in the semi-finals of Euro 2020 to Italy.
Enrique's instruction did not make a difference however, as Pablo Sarabia, Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets all failed to score.
Spain failed to score any of their penalties as they crashed out of the World Cup to Morocco
Sergio Busquets (right) was one of three Spain players to miss from the penalty spot
Luis Enrique revealed during Spain's pre-match press conference on Monday that he had given his