List of famous World Cup penalty misses

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List of famous World Cup penalty misses

Dubai - Platini put his spot kick over the bar in the quarter-final shootout with Brazil in 1986.

By Reuters

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Published: Sun 17 Jun 2018, 1:59 PM

Last updated: Sun 17 Jun 2018, 8:10 PM

List of famous World Cup penalty misses after Ghana's Asamoah Gyan failed to score from the spot against Uruguay in extra time of their quarter-final on Friday:
>Diego Maradona (Argentina) - Maradona missed a penalty in the quarter-final shootout with Yugoslavia in 1990, his feeble kick being saved by Tomislav Ivkovic. But his team won the shootout 3-2.
> Michel Platini (France) - Platini put his spot kick over the bar in the quarter-final shootout with Brazil in 1986 - but his team won 4-3. 
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>Socrates (Brazil)-Socrates took a casual penalty in the same shootout, saved by French keeper Joel Bats.
> Zico (Brazil) - Bats also saved Zico's regular penalty kick in the second half of the same match in 1986.
> Roberto Baggio (Italy) - Baggio skied the final spot kick in the 1994 World Cup final against Brazil over the bar. Brazil won the shootout 3-2.
> Franco Baresi (Italy) - Baresi missed the first penalty in the same shootout by putting the ball over the bar.
 


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