On the night of conceding points in the World Cup preliminaries, Ronaldo, Haaland, Phelan and Retegui totaled five players

In the early morning of October 12, there were many games in the 2026 World Cup European Qualifiers. The outstanding feature was that many penalty kicks were saved. A total of 5 penalty kicks were saved by Cristiano Ronaldo, Haaland, Ferran, and Retegui.

In Portugal's 1-0 home victory over Ireland, Trincao won a penalty for Portugal in the 72nd minute. Captain Cristiano Ronaldo took the penalty kick and shot it towards the center of the goal. Although Irish goalkeeper Kelleher threw the ball in the wrong direction, he reacted quickly and blocked the penalty kick with his feet. In injury time, Ruben Neves scored a header for Portugal. Kelleher became the nemesis of Portuguese players. On September 27, in Brentford's 3-1 home Premier League victory over Manchester United, he saved a penalty kick from Manchester United captain and Portuguese midfielder B Fee.

In Norway's 5-0 home victory over Israel, Haaland scored a hat trick but missed a penalty kick. In the 6th minute, Harland took a penalty kick and was saved by goalkeeper Peretz. The referee believed that a defensive player entered the penalty area early and awarded a penalty kick. Harland took another penalty kick but was still saved.

In Spain's 2-0 home victory over Georgia, Barcelona forward Ferran Torres broke into the penalty area in the 29th minute and was knocked down by Liverpool goalkeeper Mamadashvili. Phelan personally took the penalty kick, which was saved by Mamadashvili.

In Italy's 3-1 away game against Estonia, last season's Serie A Golden Boot winner Retegui won a penalty kick in the 28th minute. He took the penalty himself and was saved by Estonian goalkeeper Karl Hein.

Text丨Reporter Liu Yi

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