With a missed penalty kick in the victory over Denmark, Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed Lionel Messi in this disappointing statistic.

Portugal have booked their place in the UEFA Nations League semi-finals with a comeback win over Denmark in the second leg of their quarter-final.

In addition to the action-packed chase created by the two teams, another equally notable situation was Cristiano Ronaldo’s missed penalty. The 40-year-old superstar was unable to beat goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and missed the chance to open the scoring.

With this missed penalty, Ronaldo has officially surpassed his great rival Lionel Messi in the number of unsuccessful attempts at the 11m mark .

Specifically, according to statistics from MessivsRonaldo.app, Ronaldo has taken 205 penalties, scored 173 goals and missed 32, achieving a success rate of 84.8%. Messi has taken 140 penalties, scored 109 goals and missed 31, equivalent to a rate of 77.9%. Notably, one of Messi’s missed shots was actually a deliberate combination for Luis Suarez to score.

These figures do not include penalty shootouts. In the shootout, both Messi and Ronaldo have attempted 13 penalties, scoring 11, for a rate of 84.6%. Despite their impressive records, both Ronaldo and Messi have missed important penalties for their clubs and national teams.

Ronaldo missed the first penalty in the 2011.12 Champions League semi-final shootout when Real Madrid faced Bayern Munich – a match that Los Blancos later lost. CR7 also missed in the 2008 Champions League final against Chelsea, but Man Utd still won the title.

Messi also had some memorable moments, especially the missed shot against Chelsea in the second leg of the 2011/12 Champions League semi-final, which eliminated Barca. Playing for Argentina, El Pulga also missed a shot in the 2016 Copa America final against Chile. That miss led Messi to announce his retirement, but he returned after 66 days.

Returning to the above match, the Portuguese team was still the one to score the opening goal after an own goal by Joachim Andersen. In the second half, both teams continuously exchanged goals, in which Ronaldo made amends with a goal in the 72nd minute, and together with the “European Selecao” enjoyed the joy of victory after 120 minutes with a total score of 5-3.

In the semi-finals, coach Roberto Martinez’s team will face Germany, the team that struggled to overcome Italy.