Colo Colo player Cristian Zavala has been defended by his manager after bizarrely missing a 'Panenka' penalty and then limping to the touchline with an apparent injury in a shootout on Wednesday. In a friendly match against Uruguay's Peñarol where Chilean side Colo Colo emerged victorious 4-3 on penalties, one spot-kick went viral for its oddity. Zavala, days after Brahim Díaz's infamous failed Panenka in the Africa Cup of Nations final, chipped his penalty straight at the goalkeeper -- much like the Moroccan -- before, somewhat comically, going down with an injury, which many on social media believed was fake.
"Brahim Díaz's Panenka penalty? You have the right to miss a penalty, but in that case I am categorical and have no compassion. It is a lack of respect for an entire country and a whole people that has been looking for success for 50 years,"
