Other stars who failed in penalty shootouts and you didn’t remember

Lautaro Martinez, captain and great figure of Inter Milansent a cloud penalty and the Italian team, winner of all matches since the birth of 2024, was removed circling in front of him Atlético de Madridto come back from 0-2 on aggregate to force extra time and reach the deciding series from the fatal point.

The Argentine striker so join the long list of cracks that at a certain moment, whether with his team or his national team, they failed from eleven meters. A list of famous people that includes names like Zico, Platini, Cristiano, Messi, Maradona, Mbappé… Names that many fans do not believe that in the main moment they did not reach the rival goal in the best possible conditions.

Zico, Platini and Socrates

On June 21, 1986, the teams of Brazil and France met in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Mexico. At the end of regulation time, including extra time, it was 1-1, which Zico could break by scoring a penalty called against the goals. But he failed and had to resort to extra time and penalties. And there were two other geniuses on the ball who failed: Sócrates, and Michel Platini, who were ‘saved’ as France ended up eliminating Brazil 3-4 in the aggregate shootout.

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Maradona

Four years later, at Italia-90, Argentina and the former Yugoslavia met in the quarterfinals. At 0-0 after 120 minutes of play and extra time, penalties decided.
And Maradona failed, the eternal Diego. The number 10 himself admitted that it was the worst penalty of his life: low, centered… Ivkovic guessed his intention and saved his shot. Diego, like Platini four years ago, also had a smile on his face: Argentina passed, winning 2-3.

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Baresi… and Baggio!

And we jump to the USA-94 World Cup. In the final, Italy and Brazil met on July 17 in Los Angeles. The match ended goalless and extra time ended goalless. And they have to make penalties. Franco Baresi, one of the best centre-backs in history, missed the first shot. And the last one, which could have tied the series at three, was killed by Roberto Baggio, a true magician with the ball at his feet. His shot, that fateful day, disappeared over Taffarel’s frame and declared the ‘canarinha’ world champion.

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Beckham

The hallmark of pure dead ball art. On June 24, 2004, with England, they faced Portugal in the quarterfinals of Euro 2004, on Portuguese soil. After 2-2, they had to resort to penalties. And what no one thought happened, that Beckham failed: his shot went into the clouds, Portugal passed (6-5) and the error ball reached astronomical prices on eBay. But that is another story.

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Cristiano and Sergio Ramos

Two other specialists from 11 meters. In this case with his club, Real Madrid. It was in the semifinals of the 2011–12 Champions League, when the white team tied their tie with Bayern at the Bernabéu and had to go to penalties. CR7 missed his shot (or Neuer guessed his intention). And Sergio Ramos, in the key shot, literally sent the ball into the clouds, which opened the way to countless memes and gave the German team a place in the final.

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Leo Messi

Leo Messi also missed major penalties. On June 27, 2016, Argentina and Chile played the Copa América final. 0-0 final. And in the penalty shootout the Blaugrana star sent his shot over the crossbar. In the end, the Chilean team won 2-4.

And so, until Monday Mbappé shot to make it 5-5 in the Switzerland-France shootout but Sommer, the Swiss goalkeeper, put an iron hand between the ball and the nets to send the French into despair . The story continues.

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Mbappe

And in June 2021 it was Mbappé, who fired in the Switzerland-France Euro Cup penalty shootout to make it 5-5. But Sommer, a Swiss goalkeeper who was unable to prevent Inter’s knockout on Wednesday, put an iron fist between the ball and the nets to push the French into frustration.