It’s unheard of.
Heading to South America, and more specifically Chile, where the match between Palestino and Grêmio produced a surreal scenario.
For this third Copa Sudamericana group-stage match, Grêmio had the chance to open the scoring as early as the 10th minute from the penalty spot.
Striker Carlos Vinicius stepped up against the goalkeeper to put the visitors ahead. But Sebastian Perez pulled off a feat by saving the forward’s attempt.
There was just one problem: the goalkeeper did not have a foot on the line at the moment of the shot, so the penalty had to be retaken.
For the second attempt, same again. Carlos Vinicius shot, Sebastien Perez dived and saved it… but had once again moved too early. So the penalty had to be taken a third time.
But it was no luck for the Grêmio striker, who slipped as he took his final attempt and saw the keeper save it once again, this time legally.
So in the space of six minutes, Carlos Vinicius missed three penalties! Misses that proved costly for Grêmio, given that the Brazilian club could do no better than a draw.
After three Copa Sudamericana matches, Grêmio are second in their group, while Palestino sit bottom.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.
