But with five minutes remaining Scott Arfield converted a penalty kick to steal a priceless point for Falkirk.
It was also foul on Salpigidis led to a penalty kick for Greece.
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"There's no question about it, it was a penalty kick, " said McInnes.
It can lead to the game-changing award of a penalty kick, probably the single most momentous refereeing decision in any sport.
"The defender pushed the attacker in the back, which is a penal offense, which then resulted in a penalty kick, " he said.
In the semifinals, the U.S. women benefited from a questionable handball call against Canada that allowed them equalize on a penalty kick.
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The result: a penalty kick that led to the game's only goal.
In extra time Chelsea conceded a penalty kick and Bayern missed.
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Eleven years ago this Saturday, during the 1999 Women's World Cup, U.S. player Brandi Chastain left-footed a penalty kick past a Chinese goalkeeper to win the World Cup.
Myler opened the scoring in the fifth minute when Kearnan Myall was sin-binned for punching, but he missed a relatively straightforward drop-goal opportunity and a penalty kick minutes later.
Greece scored on a penalty kick in the 88th minute after Boateng was whistled for handling the ball to make it 4-2, but by then the match was long over.
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Bath laid siege to the Blues line as the half ran out, even opting for a five-metre scrum instead of taking a penalty kick, but the Welsh defence held firm.
COLUMBUS, Ohio Tim Cahill scored on a rebound moments after a penalty kick save by Luis Robles and the New York Red Bulls beat the Columbus Crew 1-0 on Saturday.
To a penalty kick decider it went.
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And just when we all think that we are going to get an el clasico final Bayern Munich knocks out Real Madrid on a penalty kick decider while Chelsea overcome everything except alien forces to beat Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate.
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The fly-half had just missed a difficult penalty kick and seemed to strain his back in the process, collapsing in pain.
Franz Beckenbauer's West German machine won the 1972 Euro and 1974 World Cup, then lost the 1976 Euro in a penalty-kick shootout.
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While ripping his team for a poor performance despite getting an injury time goal from defender Jamison Olave to extend the Red Bulls' unbeaten streak to seven games their best in 10 years Petke savaged referee Geoff Gamble for awarding a 74th minute penalty kick that allowed the Crew to take a 2-1 lead Sunday.
But I suppose you have to lose some way, " Bento said, adding that the decision to save Ronaldo for a possible fifth penalty kick had "to do with strategy and no more than that.
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Nagusa came off with a hamstring injury while Humphreys thumped over a penalty with the last kick of the half.
The game looked to have swung Warrington's way on 66 minutes when Bridge stepped up to kick a penalty from 38 metres out.
With 80 minutes on the clock, they chose to kick a penalty into touch by the corner flag and drove the subsequent lineout over the Exiles' line for the Sheasby try.
"They were giving us the run-around, so much so that I risked being booed out of the ground by asking David to kick a penalty for goal before half-time - we were absolutely shattered!"
Though Willie Walker, signed on loan from Gloucester for the rest of the season, landed a penalty with his first kick for Worcester, he was off-target with a kickable second that would have put pressure on Bath.
But three-and-a-half decades after penalty kicks became a staple of elimination matches at the most important international soccer tournaments, there's a growing group of penalty kick devotees (we admit, we are among them) who view shootouts as the sport's essence.
The Ghanaian was shown a yellow card for a foul and he deliberately handled the resulting free-kick to concede a penalty and a second booking.
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