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Penalty Woes 10 Of The Best

by Rohandevgan

created May 30, 2008, last edited February 10, 2009

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Having just seen Terry miss for Chelsea, which cost the team the Champions League trophy, I decided to do a bit of digging to see various penalty misses that were crucial to the game. Here go 10 of the best:

John Terry - Champions League Final 2008 vs. Manchester United

Socrates - 1986 World Cup Quarter Final vs. France (Brazil lost 4-3)

Robert Donadoni - 1990 World Cup Semi Finals vs. Argentina (Italy lost)

Marco Van Basten - 1992 Euro Semi Finals vs. Denmark (they eventually went on to win the cup, and they never even qualified for it, but were let in due to the DQ of Yugoslavia.

Roberto Baggio - 1994 World Cup Finals vs. Brazil

Gareth Southgate - Euro 1996 Semi Finals vs. (eventual champions) Germany

David Beckham - Euro 2004 Quarter Finals vs. Portugal

Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard - 2006 World Cup Quarter Finals vs. Portugal (again)

Andrei Schevchenko - 2005 Champions League Finals vs. Liverpool

David Trezeguet - 2006 World Cup Finals vs. Italy

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ThecrookedcapAll-Star

564 days ago

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I remember watching Baggio's miss way back when. That's about one of my earliest soccer memories.

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

564 days ago

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Note how lots of these involve England. We just don't do penalties well! :(

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RomiezzoLegend

564 days ago

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I was just talking about this with a couple of friends of mine last week. I have no idea why there are so many cases involving England.

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A QQVarsity

563 days ago

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Yeah, I remember but what can you say, the stress is enormous sometimes...

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RomiezzoLegend

563 days ago

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Yes, it is, A QQ. At least for Beckham... I suppose that England always gets on the negative end of every single (last) penalty kick. :P

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A QQVarsity

563 days ago

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But John Terry's was not the last it was vital, it was Anelka who screw it up...

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A QQVarsity

563 days ago

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i would like to say that sometimes the players shot is a good one but manytimes the goalkeepers are on the spot to make an amazing save Ricardo of Portugal and Dudek for Liverpool to name a few.

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LASportsblogAAA-er

563 days ago

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Nice photo journal - as a goalkeeper I enjoyed that =)

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RohandevganAll-American

562 days ago

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Terry's was not the last but had he scored Anelka would not have had to take it, so u could say it was a crucial miss. Then again if Drogba hadn't got himself sent off then Terry wouldn't have had to take it. In the end a miss is a miss.

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