Friday's Coppa Italia encounter between Juventus and AC Milan was met with drama with two key moments ensuing in less than 60 seconds. A rare penalty miss by Cristiano Ronaldo and a red card for Ante Rebic highlighted what was a tense first half of the semifinal clash between the pair.
Following a 1-1 draw in the first leg, Juventus entered the day's encounter with high hopes of dashing the progression chances of rivals AC Milan. Inside the 15th minute, the Bianconeri had a penalty going their way, thanks to the Video Assistant Referee.
As usual, it was Cristiano Ronaldo who stepped up to do the honors for the Old Ladies. However, despite his proficiency in taking spot-kicks, the 35-year-old failed to convert the chance this time around. Unforgiving football fans immediately took to social media to react to their former Real Madrid star's mishap.
My penaldo breaks another record again
— yossee chels (@adeyossy_a) June 12, 2020
Ronaldo is the first person to ever miss a penalty after the pandemic
Can your goat ever pic.twitter.com/zSxMwfiLZz
#JuveMilan
— Hemmanuel O. Junior (@HEMMA_X) June 12, 2020
The last four penalties missed by Cristiano Ronaldo have all been in different years:
November 2017 vs. Málaga
June 2018 vs. Iran
January 2019 vs. Chievo
June 2020 vs. Milan
It doesn't happen often. pic.twitter.com/iK6N7YrrXL
Ronaldo Missed his penalty
— Edmund (@EdmundOris) June 12, 2020
Sweet Jesus!!!!!!
Less than 10 seconds later, AC Milan suffered a setback of their own. Croatian midfielder Ante Rebic was given his marching orders after catching Danilo with a high foot. Watch the two incidents below:
An absolutely crazy minute in the #CoppaItalia!
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) June 12, 2020
Cristiano Ronaldo hits the post from the penalty spot...
Seconds later Ante Rebic sees red for a wild kung-fu challenge on Danilo! pic.twitter.com/9vfFvLRu5Y
