8 Hugely Embarrassing Penalty Kick Misses
5. David Beckham (2004)
Of course, it would be impossible to exclude an Englishman in a list of badly taken penalties, and who could forget this one? In the Euro 2004 quarter final, England battled it out with Portugal for a place in the semi final. With the score level after extra time, the winner had to be decided by a penalty shootout.
Up stepped David Beckham. Surely, he of all people would find the back of the net. But we all know what happened Englands captain blasted his penalty high into the stands, missing the target by some distance. Never mind David, it was only the Euros!