😱 Roma nightmare: 3 penalties missed, MLS, Palermo, Lazio precedents🔙 | OneFootball

At the Olimpico, an evening unfolded that will go down in football history, and certainly not for a record to be remembered with pride.

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Roma, trailing by a goal against Lille, had the opportunity to equalize three consecutive times from the penalty spot... but failed each time.

An astonishing sequence that brought to mind other incredible episodes in football history.

⚽ Roma-Lille: the triple nightmare from the penalty spot

Minute 81, penalty for Roma. Dovbyk steps up: cross shot, saved. It's retaken because the goalkeeper wasn't on the line. Dovbyk again, same shot, saved again.

The referee orders a third attempt. This time Soulé takes it, but he too is hypnotized by Özer. The result? Three missed penalties in a few minutes and a 1-0 defeat.

🇦🇷 Palermo and the dark night with Argentina

The Giallorossi disaster inevitably recalls Martín Palermo's negative feat in the 1999 Copa America: three missed penalties in a single match against Colombia.

Since then, his name has remained linked to that incredible flop, becoming a textbook case in football history.

🔵⚪ Lazio-Napoli 1983/84: a capitoline déjà-vu

Curiously, a similar precedent occurred in Rome... but with Lazio.

In a match against Napoli, Bruno Giordano had two penalties saved, both retaken for irregularities. On the third attempt, D’Amico stepped up and shot wide.

Three attempts, zero goals: there too, the curse struck hard.

🇺🇸 The incredible episode in MLS

Even overseas, the script repeated itself. During DC United–Portland Timbers, Kenny Cooper had three chances from the penalty spot: two penalties saved and retaken due to goalkeeper irregularities.

On the third attempt, he finally scored, but even that execution should have been annulled for encroachment.

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