For all their practice, penalties eventually proved to be Spain’s undoing at Euro 2020.
They managed to squeeze past Switzerland in the quarter-finals despite converting just three of their five attempts, before coming unstuck against Italy, with Gianluigi Donnarumma the hero for keeping out Alvaro Morata’s effort and even more impressive at denying England in the final.
Unfortunately for Morata, who often suffers with fragile confidence, this was his second penalty miss of the tournament. The first turned out to be largely irrelevant, at least for the team, as Spain still went on to beat Slovakia 5-0 in their final group game after his effort was well saved by Martin Dubravka, who flew to his right and pawed the ball away.
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Three years on from that delayed European Championship, Spain are in the final of Euro 2024 and face England for the trophy in Berlin on Sunday.
While Spain have not had a penalty yet at Euro 2024, La Roja were awarded two spot-kicks in a friendly against Brazil earlier in the year and both of those were scored by Rodri in a thrilling 3-3 draw.
Spain's last piece of silverware also came courtesy of a penalty shootout, when Daniel Carvajal, Aymeric Laporte, Mikel Merino, Rodri and Joselu all took kicks. All scored except for Laporte.
If Rodri is unavailable, Morata is another alternative, while Ferran Torres also scored a spot-kick for Spain against Costa Rica at the 2022 World Cup.
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