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Teamwork lessons from Paul Pogba’s missed penalty

Paul Pogba.

In a recent football match between Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, Paul Pogba won a penalty in the 67th minute against the Wanderers. He insisted on taking it himself, despite Marcus Rashford volunteering. Pogba went ahead to take the penalty, but failed to score and the match ended in a draw.

Football pundits criticised Pogba for not letting Rashford, who’d scored from the same spot in a previous match against Chelsea, take the penalty.

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