No, I'm not actually that excited about individual stars, I think football is more about a team playing together, and the stars have to fit into that, but so do the ones who aren't stars and never will be.

But when watching I'm more interested in the play being fluid and beautiful than in the actual score. Especially when I'm pretty neutral about whom I want to win, which most of the time I am in international games. Except I tend to want the team who is playing more attractively to win, and that means Brazil more often than any other. (Men or women.)

Penalties - no they aren't just a matter of luck, though there's a big element of luck in them. But a penalty goal isn't ever in the same class as a good goal in open play. You'd never get many penalties (if any) featuring in a collection of Great Goals.