Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal admits that he would like to see penalty shoot-outs abolished.
Van Gaal believes that splitting two teams on the basis of who can score the most penalties has nothing to do with the game which has been played immediately beforehand.
For the Dutchman, the game should be continued until both teams can be split by what happens during a normal match of football.
Van Gaal explained to Dutch broadcaster NOS: "I do not think you should decide such a close match [with penalties]. But I can't change that myself.
"I think it's unfortunate. Penalties have nothing to do with the game.
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"I think you always have to play the game, the game of football, to force a decision", the Manchester United manager added.
Van Gaal experienced success in a shoot-out at last summer's World Cup quarter-finals when in charge of the Netherlands however, a game in which he famously replaced his goalkeeper for the shoot-out against Costa Rica, to positive effect.
However, the Dutch manager believes that when players step up to take penalties there is little he can do from the touchline, dubbing the shoot-out a "lottery".
"Those are the times when you have the least influence", he explained.
"I tried to exert some influence by changing the goalkeeper. But it's a lottery you know."
While the Netherlands came out on top on penalties in their World Cup quarter-final against Costa Rica, they then proceeded to lose their semi-final against Argentina, also on penalties, and finished third in the tournament.
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