Looking for some help from any statos out there. I got in to a drunken debate last night about penalty shoot outs and those individuals who have missed in semi finals, finals etc... The argument was based around big name stars being fairly reliable in such instances, I disagreed. Unfortunately I was struggling to come up with some good examples. Baggio (USA94) Anyone out there remember any others, Didn't Maradona miss in 94? also thought Platini missed in a tournament during the 80's any help would be gratefully received. Jnr
I agree with you, although now that you've thrown down the gauntlet, the names are not exactly springing into my mind. Leave it with me.
Heres a few: The most famous Irish one: Daniel Timofte Romania-Ireland in 1990 WC Others in the World Cup: Platini 1986 Socrates 1986 Baggio 1994 Baresi 1994 Pearce 1990 Waddle 1990
*Possibly* not as high profile, but for some reason the memory that popped into my head while I was reading this thread was of watching the U-18 (? - one of 'em anyway) European Championship final (Ireland v Germany) a few years ago......the team of Keane, Doherty, Quinn,etc. Anyway, after a MOTM performance, and setting up our goal - which was the winner up until 10 seconds from time - Robbie Keane missed in the penalty shootout. Liam George was on hand to score after that anyway, but he was the least likely person of the 22 to miss. And he DID go on to become a big name star!