Cristiano Ronaldo Branded 'The Most Egoistic Footballer Ever' After Not Taking A Penalty At the Coppa Italia Shootout
Cristiano Ronaldo has been making headlines since yesterday
night, and for unheroic reasons. He has been heavily criticized after not
stepping up to take a penalty in the Coppa Italia final shoot-out defeat to
Napoli. Cristiano Ronaldo is Juventus' best penalty taker but didn't opt to
take one after Paulo Dybala and Danilo missed from 12 yards.
Many believe he didn't take a penalty because he wanted to
be the last to take a penalty (as usual) and ultimately be the hero. Napoli
scored all four penalty kicks attempted through Lorenzo Insigne, Matteo
Politano, Nikola Maksimovic and Arkadiusz Milik - the latter putting away the
winner to secure Gennaro Gattuso's first trophy with Napoli, and the first trophy in six seasons for Napoli.
It's not the first time that Ronaldo has opted out of a
penalty shootout. He decided not to take a penalty kick while playing for
Portugal against Spain at Euro 2012 and against Chile at the Confederations Cup
in 2017.
For the first time in Ronaldo's career, he has lost two
consecutive finals.
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