Ashley Cole Reveals the Haunting Moment That Shattered England’s Euro 2012 Dreams After Champions League Glory
“In the Italy game, I changed my mind,” he admits. “I knew that Buffon would have watched the Champions League final – he told me afterwards that he had watched it.
“I should have gone down the middle, but I tried to whip it and go the same way again.”
Buffon would duly make the save, leaving West Ham midfielder Alessandro Diamanti free to slot home the winning penalty.
“It was devastating,” Cole adds, almost a decade and a half on. “But it is what it is – you can’t score them all, I’m not the only one who’s missed a penalty.
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