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What is Penalty Shooters 2?

Penalty Shooters 2 is a soccer penalty shootout game developed by Nuspeko for FlashFooty.com, and you can play it free here on retrobowl.me. Every match is a straight penalty shootout: you take a kick, then you stand in goal for the other team's kick, and you keep switching until one side wins. You pick a fantasy league, choose a club, and try to carry it from the group stage all the way to the final.

If you searched for "penalty shootout 2" or "penalty shooter 2," this is the game you were probably thinking of. It is short, easy to learn, and every cup run feels different because the other results in your group are played out based on team strength.

Key features

• 12 competitions: Eleven club leagues (England, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Brasil, Mexico, N. America, Argentina, Netherlands and Russia) plus a Global Cup for national teams.
• Fictional clubs: Each club league has 32 teams with made-up, parody names like Cannon, Devils, Blankos and Blaugranes. The game says plainly that the names and kits are fictional and not linked to any real team.
• 48-team Global Cup: The national-team cup splits 48 countries into 12 groups, Group A through Group L.
• Two jobs in every match: You shoot your own penalties and also play goalkeeper against the opponent's shots.
• Team strength ratings: Every club has a strength rating, from the low 40s for underdogs up to 90 for the favorites, and the game uses it to settle the matches you do not play.
• Newspaper headlines: Before and after big games you get joke headlines, like a coach saying "Referee robbed us!" after a loss.
• Trophy Hall: Tracks your total matches, your top points and how many cups you have won in each competition.

How to play Penalty Shooters 2

1. On the main menu, open the league screen ("Pick your fantasy league") and choose a competition.
2. On "Choose your team," scroll through the clubs and pick the one you want to lead. Stronger clubs are listed first.
3. Check your group table and the "Next matches" list, then press Next to start your match.
4. When the screen says "Your turn," press anywhere and hold to aim, then release to shoot.
5. On "Opponent's turn," you are the goalkeeper. Wait until you see the target, press and hold to move your keeper, and release to dive.
6. Win your group games, then keep winning in the knockout rounds to reach the final and lift the cup.

Controls

Action	Keyboard	Mouse or Touch
Aim a penalty	Not used	Press anywhere and hold
Shoot	Not used	Release the button or your finger
Move the goalkeeper	Not used	Press and hold
Dive for the save	Not used	Release
Menus and Next buttons	Not used	Click or tap

The whole game runs on one input, so it plays the same with a mouse, a trackpad or a touchscreen. It works in both landscape and portrait.

Match rules and the cup format

Each match gives both teams five penalties, taken in turns. You will see the shots left for each side, and the match ends early as soon as one team cannot catch up anymore, so a fast 3-0 lead can finish a game before all ten kicks are taken.

A cup run starts with a group of four teams. You play each group rival once, and the table ranks teams by points, wins, losses and goal difference. After the groups, the knockout bracket takes over. These are the rounds the game uses:

Stage	What happens
Group stage	Four teams per group, one match against each rival, table sorted by points and goal difference
1/16 finals	First knockout round in the bigger brackets
1/8 finals	Round of 16
1/4 finals	Quarterfinals
Semifinals	Last four teams
Final match	Win it and you see "You won the cup!!"

Lose a knockout match and the game tells you "You are out of the cup," and your run ends. There is also a Skip Groups option if you want to jump straight to the knockout rounds.

Points and achievements

Points come from goals you score and saves you make. Early in the cup a goal or save is worth 50 points, and that value goes up by 50 with each new round, so a save in the semifinals is worth a lot more than one in your first group game. After every match you see your goals scored, saves made, points won in that match and your total points in the cup. Your best total is saved as "Your best score."

Achievement	How to get it
100+ points	Reach 100 points in one cup
200+ points	Reach 200 points in one cup
300+ points	Reach 300 points in one cup
450+ points	Reach 450 points in one cup
600+ points	Reach 600 points in one cup
800+ points	Reach 800 points in one cup
Semifinal win	Win your semifinal
Cup winner	Win the final

Tips and strategy

• Do not dive early: The game literally tells you to concentrate and "wait to see the target." Moving before the target shows up is the easiest way to give up a goal.
• Short presses for small moves: In goal, you only move while you hold. A quick hold-and-release is enough when the target is close to the center.
• Saves count as much as goals: Points come from both, so a strong keeper game pushes your cup score up just as fast as scoring does.
• Play for the later rounds: Because each round is worth more, one deep run beats several early exits if you are chasing the 600+ and 800+ achievements.
• Pick a favorite to learn, an underdog for a challenge: Strength ratings decide the matches you do not play, and those results lean toward the stronger clubs, so an underdog has less room for a slip in its own games.
• Close it out fast: Since matches end once a team cannot catch up, scoring your first two or three kicks puts real pressure on the other side.

Game modes

Club leagues

Eleven fantasy leagues, each with 32 fictional clubs. Pick a country, pick a club and play through its cup.

Global Cup

The national-team tournament with 48 countries in 12 groups of four. It has its own line in the Trophy Hall, so you can track your Global Cup wins separately.

Versions and similar games

If you like quick soccer games, try Penalty Kick Online for more spot kicks or Free Kick Shooter for set pieces from outside the box. Kix Dream Soccer and Heads Arena Soccer All Stars give you full matches instead of shootouts, and A Small World Cup is a goofy physics take on a national-team tournament.

Developer and history

Penalty Shooters 2 comes from FlashFooty.com, and the in-game credits list development by Nuspeko with graphics by Atan. The menu also links to the FlashFooty.com developer page and to 10x10games.com, and the version you play here is the one released on Poki.