The idyll in between Vallecano Ray and punishments are the closest thing to an impossible love. Or to put it another way, the Madrid team has been choking on penalties this season as a result of the poor baggage its players have harvested from the deadly area. On the last day this was reconfirmed.
He Rayo sought against Girona end a streak of five games without a win and everything seems to be on track to take the victory. However, in minute 36 came a key play, when Arnau Martineran over by z alvaro garcia within the area. The referee did not hesitate to whistle the maximum penalty.
Captain Trejo caught the ball poised to score, but luck was not on his side. First, the target Gazzaniga predicted Trejo’s intention from eleven meters away, although the penalty was repeated when Rodrigo Riquelme advanced, clearing the ball. In the second, the Rayista captain wanted to do what Cruyff, Messi and Suárez did, giving the ball to an Isi who sent it.
With the same goal, they already failed against Getafe on matchday 9, where the ‘8’ missed the maximum penalty, after Soria corrected their intentions.
It happened again on matchday 13 of LaLiga and above all at Real Madrid. In front of Courtois, Trejo decided to repeat the formula against Soria, but the Belgian was right again. however, carvajal He entered the area too early and it had to be repeated. In the second, Trejo switched sides and didn’t miss. With the missed penalty against Girona, Rayo had a record three penalties scored out of seven taken from the eleven metres.
Source: La Verdad
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