Former coach Sven Goran-Erikkson has revealed he had to coax a player to return to England after missing a penalty at Euro 2004.
David Beckham and Darius Vassell were the only English players who missed spot-kicks in Portugal six years ago, but Eriksson refused to reveal who it was.
Speaking on Radio 5 Live's Spot On show, Eriksson said: "I always remember after the Euros in 2004, one of the players who missed, he didn't want to go back to England the day after when we left."
"I had to force him to go back because he was crying....out....out of this world."
"It's very hard for those players who miss a penalty, they feel awful."
Penalties have long been a bugbear for England in international tournaments. Since 1990, they have been involved in six penalty shootouts - three each in the World Cup and Euros. Out of these, they have managed to win only one - in 1996 against Spain in the Euro quarters at Wembley against Spain.
They went on to lose on penalties against Germany in the semi-finals.
In addition they were knocked out by Portugal on penalties in the 2004 edition as well.
The World Cup has been an even bigger nightmare with the English losing on three ocassions. They lost to West Germany in the 1990 semis, to Italy in the 1998 round-of-16 and to Portugal in the 2006 quarters.
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