It would have gone in, but a defending player gave in to his natural impulses and stopped the ball with his left hand. Daniel, you take it. In soccer, it is illegal for anyone to touch the ball with his hands, except for the goalie or someone making a throw-in. It is especially harmful if someone from the defending team touches the ball with his hands while in the penalty box, in front of the goal. This permits the attacking team to take a penalty kick.
Penalty kicks are almost always successful.
All players have to leave the penalty box area, except for the goalie and the kicker. The goalie cannot move until the ball is actually kicked. Ninety percent of the time, he will not be able stop the ball. This was a great opportunity for Daniel to shine, and although some of his friends had tried to teach him how to kick better, he was not ready, yet, and he missed. The ball hit the top of the goal area and bounced back out into the area of play.