8 Hugely Embarrassing Penalty Kick Misses

After Jason Puncheon€™s shameful (but entertaining) attempt to put Crystal Palace ahead at White Hart Lane a couple of weeks ago and perhaps the worst penalty shoot-out in English cup history midweek between Manchester United and Sunderland, it seems an appropriate time to collate some of the worst ever penalty misses from around the world. If you thought Puncheon's was bad, you should see some of these attempts!

You€™d have thought it would be a fairly straight forward task for a professional footballer, but some of the game€™s best have proved time and time again that converting a penalty kick can be trickier than it looks.

Obviously, penalties often have a big influence on the outcome of a match, and we all know how torturous it is to sit and watch your team or country battling it out in a penalty shootout - it€™s a football fans worst nightmare. Watching a spot kick in normal time can be a stressful experience without the outcome of the match depending on it!

So it€™s fair to say that you would most definitely be a disgruntled supporter if you witnessed one of your club€™s players waste a penalty like the names on this list did.

Here are 8 hugely embarrassing penalty misses from around the globe€

All of the entries on this list can be found on YouTube.

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