lionel messi scored the first penalty in the world cup 2018.
lionel messi scored the first penalty in the world cup 2018.
who scored the first penalty in the world cup 2018?
lionel messi
on 7 july, in the match against hosts russia in the quarter-finals, subašić suffered a minor injury in the last few minutes of the match, but despite this, subašić kept on playing the match, making several important saves. in the penalty shootout, subašić saved the first penalty from fyodor smolov; thereby becoming just the third goalkeeper in world cup history to have made four or more saves in penalty shootouts at the world cup finals; equaling the record made by sergio goycochea and harald schumacher, also making croatia just the second team to have advanced on consecutive penalty shootouts, after argentina in 1990. in the 2018 fifa world cup final, croatia lost 4–2 to france. subašić received praise for his performance at the 2018 fifa world cup, even receiving praise from legendary german goalkeeper oliver kahn.
danijel subašić
this was the first time the world cup would be decided on penalties. italian captain baresi took the first penalty and blazed his penalty over the bar. brazilian center back marcio santos went next, but pagliuca saved the defender's effort low to his right. demetrio albertini went next for italy, scoring his penalty into the top corner. romário was next for brazil, and he scored his penalty, placing it so far in the corner that it went in off the post, tying the score at 1–1. alberigo evani went third for italy, he scored, putting his penalty high and in the middle, as taffarel dove to the right. branco went next for brazil, and he scored in the bottom left corner. massaro, who had scored twice in the champions league final less than two months previously, went next for italy, but he was unable to put the ball in taffarel's net just as he had been unable to do in the match, as the brazilian keeper saved to his left. brazilian captain dunga was next, and he comfortably placed his shot into the bottom left corner, making it match point. with italy needing to score to keep their dreams alive, talisman baggio stepped up to take the penalty. in what would become an infamous moment in world cup history, baggio blazed his penalty over the bar, in similar fashion to baresi, and this gave brazil their fourth title.
1994 fifa world cup final