Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke wrote a story about the goalie's fear of a penalty kick. On the other hand, there is no great work on the fear of Sagittarius. Do you have an explanation why? Because a Sagittarius is not afraid.

Indeed? When, in the 85th minute of the 1990 World Cup final against Argentina, you put the ball on the penalty spot and took a run-up – didn't your knees tremble? Nothing trembled in me. I was angry because we hadn't scored a single goal before, even though the Argentines were absolutely floored. We should have been 3-0 up a long time ago. It was clear to me: I'm going to throw in the 911 now.

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