Analysis of Penalty Misses at Euro 2025: What's Behind the Low Success Rate?
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Summary
Penalty shootouts at Euro 2025 have seen a low success rate, with only 35.7% of spot-kicks converted. The trend of missed penalties is not isolated, as the tournament success rate stands at 58.5%. BBC Sport investigates the reasons behind the high number of missed penalties.
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"At Euro 2025, penalties have been far from a guaranteed source of goals, with a tournament success rate of 58.5%."
"Spain failed to score either of their two penalties against Switzerland on Friday, and Germany had one saved in normal time when they faced France, before another three went awry in a 14-penalty shootout."
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