Euro 2016 was served with quite a few penalties, which also decided quite a few matches. At these, quite a few national team players submitted a candidacy for the worst penalty taken of all time. The last time this happened was in the quarter-final match between Germany and Italy, where, after the execution of the 11-meter penalty, our western neighbors drew a short shot, among whom Simone Zaza, who tried to confuse the goalkeeper by jumping before the shot, but was confused earlier sent himself and the ball into the audience instead of into the net. Of course, this is not an isolated case, there have been quite a few unfortunate attempts to take penalties in the history of football, and we have searched out the most desperate attempts of famous football players, which showed that they too are only human. These are the worst penalties of all time.
Take a look worst penalty shootout of all time. To miss the 11-meter is human. It happens to even the best. But then they are so poorly executed here shoot from point blank range, to make one wonder if these footballers have ever seen a ball in their lives.
The latest such high-profile example comes from the European football championship Euro 2016 from the match between Italy and Germany, where the Italian national team played Simone Zaza first toyed with the German Manuel Neuer, and in the end sent the ball into the void instead of the goalkeeper. Nerves also betrayed other top footballers on both sides and even the big ones Thomas Müller he didn't do any better than the Italian.
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To the comfort of both, they are in good company, because football history is full slips and insults of many football grandmasters, who otherwise rarely miss a shot from the penalty spot. The line between success and failure is incredibly thin here, and a hero can quickly become a fool, as the footballers from the sequel found out firsthand.
Worst penalty kicks of all time:
Sergio Ramos:
Vedran Ćorluka:
Steven McKay:
Robert Pirès:
John Terry:
Peter Devine:
Gareth Southgate:
Alessandro Del Piero:
Amir Sayoud:
Neymar:
Franck Ribéry:
Casar Alagon:
Who do you think took the worst penalty of all time?