Also Hakan Calhanoglu he can miss a penalty kick. This is the news that emerges from yesterday evening’s Nations League, in which his Türkiye beat Iceland 4-2. The midfielder ofInter in his career he has taken 47 penalties, scoring 42, including one in Monday’s match. With clubs he has only failed 3, all with Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. In Serie A he has always hit the mark out of 17 attempts, as well as in the 3 in the Champions League.
His last mistake from eleven meters was dated 19 June 2023 against Wales in the qualifiers for Euro 2024. The even more sensational thing is how he made a mistake: the Turk beat the opposing goalkeeper, crossing his shot, but during the execution slipped, first touching the ball with his left foot and thus making the conversion in vain. VAR intervened and disallowed the goal, to everyone’s amazement, stopping Calhanoglu’s streak of consecutive goals at 14.