While Bayern Munich beat UANL in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup to wrap up a historic sextuple of trophies, it was the third-place playoff game that produced the undisputed moment of the mini-tournament. And we all love a comedy penalty miss!
Brazilian side Palmeiras faced Al Ahly in the battle for bronze, with the Egyptian champions eventually winning on penalties to earn themselves a place on the podium after the match finished goalless in normal time.
Indeed, the writing was probably on the wall for Palmeiras when their very first penalty of the evening, as Rony produced one of the silliest spot-kick misses we've witnessed in a good while.
The 25-year-old forward opted for a stuttering run-up in an attempt to unsettle Al Ahly goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy, but made a complete hash of his technique, bumbling his way toward the stationary ball before sending a tame shot almost directly into the waiting arms of El Shenawy.
Thankfully, despite becoming an instant viral sensation thanks to his bewildering bungle, Rony's blushes were somewhat spared when the two sides conspired to miss four of the first five penalties, but Al-Ahly did eventually win 3-2 to claim third spot.
In tribute to Rony and his dreadful spot kick, here is a fine selection of other, similarly strange, unusual and unsuccessful penalty techniques just to prove that he's far from alone.
Remember kids: Just put your laces through it!
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Simone Zaza
With the Euro 2016 quarterfinal between Italy and Germany set to go to penalties, Antonio Conte subbed off centre-back Giorgio Chiellini and brought on Zaza for the final few minutes of extra time, hoping that an additional striker on the pitch would improve the Azzurri's chances in the shootout.
Sadly, Zaza was unable to repay his manager's faith as he ballooned his penalty over the bar after approaching his penalty in much the same way Fred "Twinkletoes" Flintstone approaches a 7-10 split at the Bedrock Mega Bowl.
Yep, this is still awkward