Penalty Pain: Players Converted Just 4 of the First 8 Penalty Kicks at the Women's World Cup

How’s this for a pair of stats? The first eight matches of the Women’s World Cup each included a penalty kick – and the attacking team converted just four times from the spot. Some of the attempts were turned away by goalkeeping heroics, others were clean misses and all four denials had some of the game’s biggest names on the short end.

Penalty pain: Players converted just 4 of the first 8 penalty kicks at the Women's World Cup

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