The penalty shoot-out between Italy and Germany had everything.
Germany won 6-5 to progress to the semi-finals of Euro 2016, where they will meet either France or Iceland.
But not before a series of tense spot-kicks, where two Germans and three Italians failed to find the net.
There were important saves, like Manuel Neuer’s from Matteo Darmian, but all that most people could talk about was Simone Zaza’s skied effort.
Well, not the penalty itself, but the run-up, where the Juventus forward – who had been brought on specifically to take a penalty – took about 20 steps before firing over the bar.
THAT Zaza penalty miss! #GERITA #EURO2016 https://t.co/hGaipkbSme
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 3, 2016
The internet didn’t disappoint when it came to the well-honed art of taking the piss, with an unrelenting barrage of mockery.
Sure, it was only one part of what was a generally shambolic penalty shoot-out, but Zaza’s effort was so remarkably bad it deserves a separate tribute of its own.
Had to set Zaza's penalty to the proper music pic.twitter.com/gtEwtWttrL
— Zito (@_Zeets) July 2, 2016
Replay of Zaza's penalty #GERITA pic.twitter.com/zDPbOP2uxz
— Wardo (@steamingkeys) July 2, 2016
Even studio pundits got in on the act.
Pierre van Hooijdonk comparing Zaza's run-up to a dressage horse is magnificent.
— Michiel Jongsma (@JongsmaJongsma) July 2, 2016
Van Hooijdonk was right, you know.
#zaza pic.twitter.com/crGOer8oKl
— (((Huw))) (@ed_son) July 2, 2016
There were countless comparisons.
Zaza's run up. pic.twitter.com/AB3vxyoNIp
— Jonny Gabriel (@JonnyGabriel) July 2, 2016
Seriously though, Simone Zaza ran up that penalty like a dad approaching the dance floor at a wedding.
— Jonny Gabriel (@JonnyGabriel) July 2, 2016
Then some more…
Simone Zaza there pic.twitter.com/s4cmhgUKT5
— Owen Blackhurst (@owenblackhurst) July 2, 2016
And even more still…
That run up from Simone Zaza, though pic.twitter.com/mbohCMb5Ql
— Michael (@MichaelJ423) July 2, 2016
By the end, they made the Jerome Boateng photoshops look like nothing.
Zaza will forever be a hero of mine for coming on in the last min to take a penalty and then using the pen to announce his int'l retirement.
— Miriti Murungi (@NutmegRadio) July 2, 2016