Against Real Madrid, Cádiz committed the ninth penalty of the season, which places him as the second team with the most maximum penalties conceded, behind Granada (11). A facet that It is weighing on the yellow team a lot this course and something that Álvaro Cervera emphasizes in each press conference. Errors of this type have penalized excessively the team of the Silver Cup, which has seen how they started losing five games this season as a result of a goal from the penalty spot. Curiously, all five occurred in the second round of the championship.
The first of these penalties came on matchday 22, against Real Sociedad. Negredo touched a ball with his hand within the area and the VAR warned of it. Oyarzabal did not fail and the yellow team paid dearly for the mistake with a painful 4-1 defeat. Against Barça, at the Camp Nou, came the second of these penalties. This time between Salvi and Iza they tripped Pedri, after a mistake by Nephew. Messi scored, although the memory of this game is positive, since in 88 ' Alex managed to rescue a point, also from the penalty spot. Alavés-Cadiz had the same script. Joselu opened the scoring thanks to a penalty by Salvi's hand; and again, as against the blaugranas, Alex scored in the final minutes to save a point.
Against Villarreal and Real Madrid there was not so much luck. Against the Castellón, the yellows began losing from minute 4 ', due to a penalty by Jonsson's hand. The VAR notified Soto Grado, since he did not see it as such and Gerard Moreno did not fail. Emery's men took the game 2-1. Finally, against Real Madrid on the last day played, Iza committed a penalty after stepping on Vinicius. This was the beginning of the end for those from Cervera, who ended up losing 0-3.
Against Alavés, in the first round, the Basques' goal also came from the penalty spot. However this time it meant 1-1, of a match that the yellows would end up winning (3-1). The remaining penalties came against Celta, in Balaídos, which meant the second goal for the Galicians; against Atlético, in the Metropolitano (the third) and against Eibar, in Carranza. On this occasion, Ledesma stopped the maximum penalty released by Dmitrovic.