Copa America 2016: 7 interesting facts about the tournament

#3 Martin Palermo’s penalty curse

Every penalty-taker in the world has missed penalties; be it Cristiano Ronaldo or Matt Le Tissier. There is not a regular spot-kick taker who can claim to have a clean chit when it comes to blasting the ball into the net from the spot.

However, Martin Palermo took missing penalties to another level in the 1999 edition of the Copa America.

In a game that the Albiceleste eventually lost 3-0 to Colombia, Martin Palermo missed not one, not two, but three penalties in a match which perhaps still gives him nightmares to this day.