Colo Colo player Cristian Zavala has been defended by his manager after bizarrely missing a 'Panenka' penalty and then limping to the touchline with an apparent injury in a shootout on Wednesday. In a friendly match against Uruguay's Peñarol where Chilean side Colo Colo emerged victorious 4-3 on penalties, one spot-kick went viral for its oddity. Zavala, days after Brahim Díaz's infamous failed Panenka in the Africa Cup of Nations final, chipped his penalty straight at the goalkeeper -- much like the Moroccan -- before, somewhat comically, going down with an injury, which many on social media believed was fake.
It was the Super Eagles' second consecutive penalty shootout following a scoreless draw after losing the semifinal to Morocco on penalties on Wednesday. Nwabali produced a strong hand to stop a well-taken penalty from Salah, then thwarted Marmoush's effort straight down the middle with his foot. Salah had been kept quiet by Nigeria's defenders and was unable to add to his 11 Africa Cup goals altogether.
Bologna goalkeeper Federico Ravaglia was the penalty hero as his side reached the Italian Supercoppa final following a 1-1 draw with Inter Milan in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. Ravaglia saved spot-kicks from Alessandro Bastoni and Ange-Yoan Bonny before Ciro Immobile slotted home the winning penalty for a 3-2 shootout success to set up a showdown with Napoli on Monday.
Marcell Washington's powerful strike gave the visitors the lead after great build-up play, only for Cardiff midfielder Troy Perrett to level the match two minutes later. But calamity struck when Arsenal goalkeeper Alexei Rojas was shown a red card for a foul, and the hosts capitalised on their player advantage with goals from Will Spiers and Trey George.
The FA Vase first-round tie between Wythenshawe and Holker Old Boys will be replayed after the referee made a glaring error during a penalty shootout. Wythenshawe were down to 10 men after Will Calligan was sent off, and after the game finished 2-2, the game went to a penalty shootout. Holker emerged victorious by 4-3 in the shootout, but had to nominate a player not to be involved during the spotkicks and thus ruled out their goalkeeper.
As Wythenshawe were down to 10 men after Will Calligan's red card, Holker, who won 4-3 on penalties after the game finished 2-2, had to nominate a player from their team who would not take a spot-kick. They selected their goalkeeper and were allowed to do so, but by the laws of the game that would then have meant he should have taken no part in the shootout.
Stepping up, I was thinking, if I miss I hope I'm not the only one because I know what comes with it - it happened before and keeps happening. As sad as it sounds, it was the biggest relief ever that other players missed. Who would have thought that? You always want your team-mates to score so you get through.
"It's very frustrating," he told Amazon Prime. "We showed a glimpse of what we can do at this level, but we haven't been able to show that over the course of these two games. "It's bitterly disappointing, because we were on the right track last season and working really well and playing really good football, so to not be in there this season is a huge blow for us. We missed a massive opportunity over these two games."
We're disappointed with the result - I'm not going to try and diminish the performance and the disappointment - because we set ourselves up to try and be a good cup team this season. We lost to a team who finished above us last year, on penalties. We were the better team for 75 minutes, I felt. I'm disappointed we didn't forced the issue and get the winning goal before we got to penalties.
