5 famous World Cup penalty misses

Modified Jul 05, 2018 05:44 GMT

#3 Chris Waddle (1990)

1990 World Cup Semi Final. Turin, Italy. 4th July, 1990. West Germany 1 v England 1 (West Germany win 4-3 on penalties). England's Chris Waddle fires his penalty over the bar past the dive of West German goalkeeper Bodo Illgner in the shoot -out. The pena — Chris Waddle

It was only a matter of time until an England player came up on this list, and it came in England’s first ever penalty shootout. The 1990 World Cup in Italy was England’s most successful tournament since the 1966 World Cup when they went all the way to the title.

It was announced before the competition began that Bobby Robson would be leaving the role of manager after the tournament in Italy, but England still put in impressive performances.

The semi-final against Germany produced many iconic moments in English football history. The first of which was when Paul Gascoigne picked up a yellow card that ruled him out of the final and appeared to be in tears on the pitch.

Having seen Stuart Pearce already miss in the shootout, Waddle stepped up knowing he needed to score. It was a shocking penalty though, as he fired it miles over the bar.

Edited by Shambhu Ajith