Messi unhappy with the most missed penalties in the game Champions League
Lionel Messi sets an unforgettable record After being revealed the worst statistics Became one of the most failed penalty shoot-outs in the Champions League in the history of the Big Ear cup.
For Lionel Messi, the famous striker of Paris Saint-Germain. He equaled the record for the most missed penalties in the history of the Champions League, as many as five times, after he missed another penalty in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first leg against Real Madrid on Tuesday 15 February
In that match, PSG received a penalty in the 62nd minute, which was the duty of Messi, but he returned to save Thibaut Courtois and while Thibaut Real Madrid goalkeeper Courtois has said he studied Messi’s shot at target before he jumped to save the ball. Last but not least, Kylian Mbappe scored the winner for the team in the fourth minute of stoppage time, giving them an advantage in their second game on March 9.
And for the penalty shootout in the Champions League game of the Argentine spearhead. The five missed shots are considered equal to the record set by former French forward Thierry Henry, with Messi having a chance to score a penalty in the “Big Ear” Cup final. totaled up to 23 times during his career In the last time he failed to score a penalty in the last 16, the second match of the season Before he missed a shot that resulted in Barcelona’s draw with Paris 1-1 and at that time Barcelona were eliminated from a 2-5 aggregate loss.
Courtois, the goalkeeper of the White King, came out for an interview after the game. That he has studied Messi’s penalty shootout a lot. but admits that partly because of luck “As a goalkeeper you have to know that in a game like this you have a little bit of work to do. I’ve studied a lot of Messi’s penalty shoot-outs and I try to play a nervous war with him when I stand on the line. But there must be a bit of luck on your side.”
Despite Messi’s impressive goalscoring record In with up to 679 shots from 799 games played, but for the penalty shootout. He failed to score five of his 23 innings in the UEFA Champions League. divided into 4 shots to save the goalkeeper and another shot into the post
In all competitions, Messi has missed 26 of his 110 shots on penalties, 14 in La Liga, five in the Champions League, six in the Copa de. L Rey, and one more time in the Spanish Super Cup.
