Zaza and Baggio’s are the two I normally think of. Both basically sending Italy out of two major tournaments.
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Obviously Baggio is iconic, but as an Italian I would point at the two missed penalties of Evaristo Beccalossi against Slovan Bratislava. Missing two pens in a game is a big deal but not a unique case, but the Paolo Rossi (the comedian, not the player) monologue about that story makes is very much iconic.
Freely translating the intro of the monologue:
"This monologue is dedicated to two of the biggest untapped talents in world culture, who made some of us - even if losers - to think to be meant for a future victory.
These two talents in the fields of culture, music, art, evolution in general, to me are Charlie Parker and Evaristo Beccalossi.
I get that maybe many of you don’t know who Charlie Parker was, so I’m going to explain who Beccalossi was."
Baguio no debate
One that’s very popular cause it ends in a rival’s goal is Leicester vs Watford in the 2013 Championship Play-Off. Idk what Leicester player misses but then is a counter attack and Deeney gives Watford the victory.
In recent memory Messis miss in Cope America or The 3 british youngsters in the euro 2020
Galvan vs Riber, 2022
90th+ minute and about to become champions and that is that
Simone Zaza euro 2016 Germany vs Italy
Leicester vs watford
this is actually iconic and had incredible repercussions included leicester winning the league.
Had nothing to do with their premier league win they didn’t even win that playoff lol. Still a very iconic penalty though
I am going to hijack this comment to put out there that just a couple of weeks before this, Doncaster did exactly the same thing away at Brentford, although the consequences were much more signficant.
The goal sent Doncaster up as Champions and denied Brentford automatic promotion. Link here
Watford didn’t even go up that season after going through against Leicester.
For me growing up as an Arsenal fan, it has the be the Henry and Pires shambles. I felt embarrassed just watching it.
Definitely not of all time, it didn’t have a huge significance, but the first thing that popped into my head when I read the question
That one was funny, at least. It also didn’t negatively impact Arsenal that much.
Ramos sending ball to space
But then he scored a panenka penalty against Portugal that same year to make Spain get into the Euro 2012 final, he would later in 2016 score another penalty in the penalty shootout in the UEFA Champions League Final (he was the man of the match that day as he scored the first goal of the final), Griezmann missed a penalty in that match and then Juanfran missed his penalty in the shootout. I’m pretty sure Atleti fans still remember those two misses.
Legend has it, it’ll land in 2024.
Not if it hits Harry Kane’s skied peno up there. Then we’ll have two new moons
Not the most iconic, but one I think of is the ball Kane sent to the moon against France
That ball is rising still to this day
Ikr, so nice of Kane to pay his respects to the late Queen by sending the ball to the heavens for her
😹😹
He sent that mf to SPACE
Before that one was Ramos in 2012
Before that it was Beckham against Turkey. I still have no idea how he managed to get the ball that high in such short distance 😂
I seem to remember the pitch played a role in that, like his standing foot slid underneath him at the point of contact because of a loose divot…
CR7’s miss against Bayern in the UCL semi-final, this match proved that CR7’s not the GOAT everyone thinks he is
Lol I know u r trolling but Messi also missed a pen against Chelsea in 2012 in the UCL semi final
not the goat because he missed a penalty? what is messi then?
Never was in the convo to begin with
Messi & Ronaldo both missed penalties in the semi final that season.
The whole Messi fan/Ronaldo fan polarisation thing is the quickest way to let everyone know you’re a fuckwit.
Great comment 👍
Cheers 🍻
This comment is just making fun of this stupid comment
In Wales, it’s Paul Bodin vs Romania.
It’s 1-1 in the 2nd half in a winner takes all match - with the victor heading to the USA for the 1994 World Cup - when Wales are awarded a penalty.
If Wales score it, we go 2-1 up and probably go on to qualify for the 1994 World Cup, our first major tournament since 1958. As it was, Bodin misses, Romania go on to win and secure qualification themselves in front of a stunned Cardiff Arms Park crowd, and a truly great Welsh team with the likes of Ian Rush, Mark Hughes, Neville Southall and Dean Saunders miss out on the big stage.
That night ended in tragedy off the pitch too, with a Welsh fan firing a distress flare across the pitch at full-time, hitting and killing fellow Welsh fan John Hill.
We wouldn’t come so close for another 28 years, when we beat Ukraine and made it to the 2022 World Cup, our first appearance in 64 years.
Surely it’s Baggio or Terry (because memes)
Bukayo Saka letting his country down
Fuck off
get fucked plastic
Not a plastic or even an England fan, but I had a family members ashes spread at that game that day and he let the country did. That’s a fact.
Nah mate it’s all the scousers fault for not singing the anthem.
See how fucking stupid things like that sound…?
Beckham