Italy

Check out referee Viktor Kassai’s reaction after Germany skipper Bastian Schweinsteiger chose the goal near the Italian stand for the penalty shootout in Die Mannschaft’s quarterfinal against the Azzurri. Schweinsteiger won both the tosses for the shootout and opted for the goal at the Italian end of the stadium, and ALSO asked Italy to go first.

Schweinsteiger later explained his logic saying Bayern lost to Chelsea in 2012 (shooting towards the Bayern end), but won against Real Madrid (shooting towards the Real Madrid end) and that other teams had similar luck with penalties at this year’s Championships (Switzerland lost shooting rowards their own fans)

You can see Kassai’s face widen with surprise, and he double checks with Schweinsteiger. He asks the United star “you know that’s the Italian stand”

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This Graziano Pelle penalty miss vs Germany (GIF VIDEO BELOW) was another talking point from Italy’s QF loss to Germany last night. Just before the penalty, you can see Pelle signalling to Neuer that he would Panenka the penalty (chip it), but eventually misses. A decisive moment for Italy, just like Zaza’s stuttering penalty attempt in the shootout

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This Simone Zaza penalty miss vs Germany (GIF VIDEO BELOW) was the subject of plenty of internet memes after Italy’s Euro 2016 quarterfinal loss to Joachim Low’s side in Bordeaux. Zaza was brought on in the 120th minute for Chiellini (just before the shootout) as a specialist penalty taker. He had an awkward run-up that seemed to take an eternity and then skied his effort wide.

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