Italy international Leonardo Bonucci was introduced as a substitute at minute 120 only to take a spot kick in a penalty shootout, but he missed it and his Fenerbahce side were eliminated from the Conference League by Olympiakos.

Bonucci’s penalty kick miss cost elimination from the Conference League quarter-finals on Thursday. The Italian had been introduced at minute 120, replacing his teammate İsmail Yüksek, only to take a spot kick.

The Turkish and Greek sides had missed two penalties each before Bonucci’s final attempt, but the ex-Juventus and Milan centre-back was denied by Konstantinos Tzolakis so Olympiakos qualified for the first European semifinal for the first time in history.

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