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WATCH: Reading manager Jaap Stam re-lives penalty nightmare

By Sports Reporter

Lowly Huddersfield dramatically gained promotion to the English Premier League next season following a 4-3 penalty shootout win over Reading on Monday evening.

The match ended scoreless after extra time.

Despite the obvious heartache for the Reading players, one spot kick would’ve brought back particularly nasty memories for manager Jaap Stam.

In Euro 2000, Stam skied one of the Netherlands’ penalties in the semifinal shootout against Italy, costing them a place in the final.

17 years later, he saw his right-back Liam Moore do exactly the same thing…

(Liam Moore’s penalty is at 1:16 of the video)

Moore’s miss placed undue pressure on Jordan Obita, who had a tame shot saved by Huddersfield keeper Danny Ward.

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