When Japan took the lead against Croatia in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Round of 16, it looked like one of the more enchanting stories of the tournament Terrance Mitchell Jersey would continue into the final eight in Qatar.That Croatia equalised was little surprise given how resilient and clinical the 2018 semifinalists can be, but a dreadful penalty-shootout showing seemed a cruel way for after beating Germany and Spain and holding a far more experienced team acro s two tense hours of knockout action.Teams have tried a variety of tactics over the decades to avoid slipping out via spot-kicks, with a change of goalkeeper producing mixed results for coaches summoning a switch between the sticks.What are the rules before a shootout starts? Which teams have swapped goalkeepers and how succe sful has it been? The Sporting News takes a look.MORE: As long as the change is made before the end of extra time, goalkeepers can be substituted before a penalty shootout.Unle s the substitution is made because of concu sion, teams must have enough allocated substitutions allowed in order to make the change.Teams can make five changes during normal time and are allowed an extra substitution during the 30 minutes of extra time.Goalkeepers are only allowed to be changed during a penalty shootout if they are injured and their team has enough substitutions left to enable the switch.- Feb 2019: Kepa refuses to be substituted off ahead of a penalty shootout in the Carabao Cup Final.- Feb 2022: Kepa subbed on ahead of a penalty shootout in the Carabao Cup Final.Life comes at you fast SPORTbible (@sportbible) A glorious recent example came in June when Australia reached the World Cup finals by winning their playoff match.Deep into extra time in Al Rayyan, Socceroos coach Graham Arnold replaced former Premier League and La Liga goalkeeper Mat Ryan who might have felt a little hard done by, having been key to his side keeping a clean sheet with Andrew Redmayne.Redmayne, at6ft 4in ,is substantially taller than Ryan and has a penchant for spinning, twirling and dancing on his line during shootouts in a ridiculous-looking spectacle that would put off all but the most laser-focused of kick-takers and helped Sydney FC win the 2019 A-League Grand Final.The idea had been planned for months, Redmayne later revealed, but none of his teammates, including Ryan, had been told."I don't think any of the players knew about it, but I think a few of them clocked on at halftime when I did some warm-up drills," said the Kendall Lamm Jersey hirsute hero of the hour, revealing that Ryan told him: "You've got this, mate it's all you."Peru performed well in the shootout, taking the lead and only mi sing one of their first five penalties when Redmayne tipped an effort onto the post.Redmayne's clowning eventually paid off when he saved Peru's first spot-kick of the sudden-death phase of the shootout to send Australia to the finals.Another coach at this World Cup has previously taken advantage of the opportunity to change his goalkeeper at a critical moment Christian Kirksey Jersey at the finals.Reminder, Australia only qualified for the tournament by beating Peru in the playoff on penalties. Their backup GK, Redmayne, threw away the Peru GKs penalty notes before the shootout lol BM (@Wideoverload) Wily Netherlands bo s Louis van Gaal had a man who has come to be considered a penalty specialist on his bench at the 2014 tournament in Brazil.Van Gaal brought on then-Newcastle United goalkeeper Tim Krul with a minute left in extra time of Oranje's 0-0 draw with Costa Rica in the quarterfinals, replacingJasper Cille sen.Krul saved efforts by Bryan Ruiz and Michael Umana in a 4-3 shootout win for his side. Van Gaal did not repeat the trick against Argentina in the semifinals, when Maxi Rodriguez, Sergio Aguero, Ezequiel Garay and Lionel Me si ensured theAlbiceleste scored all four of their penalties in the shootout to hand the coach his only defeat in 11 games in charge of his country at the finals.Veteran Van Gaal might have felt le s regret had he watched Chelsea's move to introduce Kepa Arrizabalaga late in the EFL Cup final earlier this year.The world's most expensive goalkeeper had helped Chelsea to win the UEFA Super Cup after replacing Edouard Mendy in the 121st minute against Villarreal in August 2021 and was their saviour in two shootouts in their run to the Phillip Gaines Jersey final of the EFL Cup, only to suffer despair against Liverpool at Wembley.With Reds fans behind the goal baying for him to mi s as Kepa stepped up to take Chelsea's final penalty, the man who had failed to stop any of Liverpool's 11 efforts obliged by launching his attempt nearer the roof of the national stadium than the frame of the goal. Arnold's move could be interpreted as disruptive to the Australia squad as much as Peru, but Redmayne felt the ploy worked. "I think it would have put them off," he said afterwards."I'm so glad that I was able to contribute just a small part to what has been a gruelling three-year campaign."Krul described the tactic as "not normal". "You sit the whole match on the bench and then you have to go in and save the penalties," he told Dutch television following his shot-stopping feats. "I don't know what I can say."The level of preparation involved should theoretically make a difference. Krul was not known as a penalty-saver for his club side he failed to keep one out between 2011 and the Costa Rica game but Van Gaal explained that he felt his backup was better built and had a better history in penalty situations than Cille sen, who was at Ajax at the time."We thought it through," . "We felt Tim would be the most appropriate keeper to save penalties. Every keeper has specific qualities. Tim has a longer reach and a better track record with penalties than Cille sen."We had discu sed it with Tim. He knew about their penalties because he needed to be prepared. We're a tiny bit proud this trick has helped us through."MORE:Goalkeepers given the sole target of starring in a shootout could see the responsibility as a chance to hone their focus, an unwanted burden of pre sure, or both."I watched Costa Rica against Greece and studied them and I told the players that I knew where they were going to shoot, to make them a bit nervous," Krul told Dutch television afterwards."Maybe it worked. It happened before when I played against Frank Lampard: I told him that I knew and I saved it. I just tried that again. I'm so happy it worked today."Van Gaal summarised how the situation often comes down to luck and perspective. "It worked out," said the pragmatic future Manchester United manager. "If it hadn't, it would have been my mistake."On July 5, 2014, Tim Krul was subbed in for the penalty shootout and came up with two ma sive saves for the Netherlands to put an end to Costa Ricas Cinderella run in the FIFA World Cup David Njoku Jersey quarterfinals FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) The story has not had a happ