🤔 Unofficial penalty shootout? CL match sets bizarre new record

Actually, penalty shootouts are not particularly favored on the British Isles.

But when penalties are practically gifted, even the English won't say no.

This happened in the ongoing Champions League match between FC Chelsea and Ajax . The Blues are now leading 5-1, having already led 4-1 at halftime. Two of these goals were scored by Chelsea from the penalty spot.

Since Ajax also used a penalty to make the score more respectable, the match at Stamford Bridge resulted in a curiosity: Never before had three penalty goals been scored in a single CL half.

– Wednesday, 22 October 2025

By the way, regular football was also played in between...

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