Spot kicks have played a major role in the Qatar tournament

Scoring penalties in a hostile environment, when the pressure is on you but the ice running through your veins assures you that you are capable of it, must be the best sensation in football. Only a few players succeed in adverse situations and avoid mind games with opponents or goalkeepers to score crucial penalties for the team.

We’ve seen plenty of such opportunities at this World Cup, and the players who stepped up to take the penalty will be remembered. While others who came under pressure and missed it are thinking about that situation. Here we have listed the top five players who missed the most important penalties that could have changed the course of the game.

Harry Kane

It was Kane’s most decisive penalty miss, and one that would haunt the Three Lions captain for months to come as his penalty kept England in contention. France led 2-1 and Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount was pushed into the box shortly after his introduction. However, the referee overturned the decision. VAR asked him to review, and it was a well-deserved penalty as referee Wilton Pereira pointed to the box.

In the 82nd minute, England was one penalty away from equalizing the match. Kane, who had scored the previous penalty, took courage and looked at ease. But Kane succumbed to the compression and skied his penalty, prompting a general euphoria from the France fans and players, as England failed to draw and crashed out of the tournament.

Sergio Busquets

Instead of taking the first penalty, he took the third and blew chances to keep Spain in the game. Morocco took the lead with two penalties and Busquets had an opportunity to boost his country’s morale. But his lack of power in the penalty saw Bonneau predict his penalty correctly and deny Spain a ticket to the shootout, as his stop knocked Spain out of the World Cup.

Andre Ayew

Ghana seemed more concerned with revenge than winning the game. But it all started well for Ghana when they were awarded a penalty and Andre Ayew, involved in the 2010 World Cup, when Suarez destroyed their ambitions by saving a shot with his arm and was red carded and Uruguay won on penalties.

Ayew was left with a hangover from the encounter after his penalty was saved by goalkeeper Rochet. Uruguay took advantage of the recovery with two goals, but both failed to qualify as South Korea’s goals in the final minute ensured they would advance to the Round of 16. Had Ayew converted the penalty, the game would have been completely different.

Marquinhos

The PSG defender will remember the day unfavorably as his ricochet contributed to Croatia’s equalizer and he also missed a crucial penalty that could have kept Brazil in the contest. With Brazil trailing 4–2 on penalties, Maquinhos stepped up to take the fourth penalty and would have kept it in the game if he had converted, but the player’s shot hit the bar in the bottom right corner, ending Brazil’s quest for a fifth. World Cup in pain.

Robert Lewandowski

Lewandowski’s penalty save came against Mexico, when Ochoa, one of the world’s top goalkeepers, saw his shot ahead of the Mexican and saved Lewandowski’s penalty, he has been named the best penalty taker in football. Although the match ended in a draw, Poland progressed to the knockout stages, but if Poland had won that match, they would have finished top of the group and avoided a powerful team in the last 16. It all came down to the finals as Poland qualified. on goal difference and faced France, which knocked them out of the tournament.