His boyish effort Panathinaikou in Amsterdam against Ajax was not rewarded with a qualification to the Europa League playoffs. The “greens” lost 13-12 on penalties and will continue their European adventure in the Conference League.
The 34 penalty kicks17 for each team, which were needed until a winner was declared, constitute new record for UEFA competitions! The previous one was the 32 penalties that had been taken in the 2007 U21 European Championship semi-final between Holland and England, when the Dutch also had the last laugh, and that time with a score of 13-12. Then Matt Darbyshire (who then played for Olympiacos) and Anton Ferdinand had failed in England’s last two executions. Remember the process here
The world record for the most penalties in a match was only last May, when in the semi-final of the promotion playoffs from the third to the second division Israel the teams Dimona and Simson Tel Aviv settled their differences after 56 executions.
In Greece, the penalty shootout record belongs to the 2009 Cup final at OAKA, when Olympiacos and AEK took 34 penalties until the “red and whites” won the trophy, with Antonis Nikopolides hitting the last goal from the penalty spot and Agustin Pelletieri failing a little earlier.
Source: Sport Fm
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