Joao Felix was unable to score his second penalty against Osasuna. As soon as the second part starts Oier stopped with his hand a good play of Angel Correa Y Estrada Fernandez after checking the VAR, he pointed to eleven meters. It was the second penalty of the match for the colchoneros after the Portuguese materialized the first …
Well, the second he crashed on the stick. He threw it the same and Sergio Herrera He guessed her intentions again. But this time the ball hit the wood violently. The rejection came to Herrera who could not score with the goalkeeper already beaten …
In this way the jinx of the Atlético de Madrid with penalties. It should be remembered that this campaign Saul already one failed against Granada in the first day of the League. On top of that, that failure was in the first half when the colchoneros only won 1-0 and ended 6-1.
So much Saul as Joao Felix they join the club of players who miss penalties… last season they scored the two they had. The man from Elche scored two in the Camp Nou, while the Portuguese wrote them down in the Champions, one against Lokomotiv and another in front of Leipzig.
And it is that last season Morata, Diego Costa Y Trippier they missed maximum penalties. The Madrid player shot four and missed one, Lagarto's shot three and missed one, while the Englishman missed the only penalty he threw against him. Lokomotiv. It must be said that both '9' and '19' also missed two penalties that were repeated, the first against Mallorca in the League and the second against Barcelona in the Camp Nou. In total 12 penalties taken and nine scored.
The Atlético de Madrid It is the team in the League that has missed the most penalties throughout history. He has missed 139 penalties of the 467 taken. We will see if Simeone and his pupils begin to change the statistics …