In a La Liga match in the early hours of this morning, Real Madrid's 3-1 victory over Osasuna is one step closer to winning the league title. In fact, the real madrid won this game was not as easy as the score showed, and although the overall strength was very different, Osasuna fought until the last moment.
Even in the stoppage time before the finale, Real Madrid was still only one goal ahead, when Osasuna's players were still frantically pressing real madrid in the front court, seeking the opportunity to equalize. However, the experienced Real Madrid also killed the suspense of the game with a counterattack planned by Benzema in the last minute, and Vinicius assisted Vazquez.
This goal was the second goal planned by Benzema in this game, as early as the 12th minute of the game, he accurately found Alaba in the penalty area, and the latter's direct shot was blocked by the goalkeeper and then made up for the deadlock.
Throughout the game, Benzema's 2 successful passes, 2 shots on target, 4 key passes and 2 planned goals seemed to play at his due level, but this game Benzema still had a full slot point, that is, he conceded two penalties in a row in 7 minutes.
Rodrigo's breakthrough on the left created two penalties in a row, one resulting in a handball by opposing defender Luis Alavi and the other causing a blocking foul on Nacho Vidal, and in the face of two penalties created by the left attack, Benzema and the goalkeeper played a psychological battle, he sent the ball off the bottom left corner twice in a row, while Osasuna goalkeeper Sergio Herrera made two consecutive successful judgments to keep Benzema's penalty out of the door.
Benzema, who missed two penalties in a single game, must have been depressed, missing a good opportunity to approach the league goal of 30 goals in a single season, fortunately, this game was not the highlight, and in the end Real Madrid also won. Benzema also said on social media after the race: "On this unlucky night, thank you brothers. ”
In fact, in the history of football, a player in a single game (excluding penalty shootouts) twice missed a penalty is not a minority, the following author to give you an inventory.
In La Liga, Benzema did not go alone after losing 2 points in a row
Raúl Tamundo was a prolific La Liga top scorer who was also espanyol's all-time top scorer. In an attack match between Espanyol and Real Madrid in 2004-05, Real Madrid defender Samuel fouled Pochettino inside the penalty area, and Tamundo was turned away by Real Madrid substitute goalkeeper Cesar, but because Real Madrid defender Carlos entered the box early, the referee awarded a heavy penalty. But faced with a second chance, Tamudo once again missed it.
Strictly speaking, Tamudo's two penalties against Real Madrid are not two penalty opportunities, and Tamudo's special feature is that even if he has two penalty opportunities, he has missed them. Just one season after Real Madrid, in La Liga against Real Betis on 24 April 2006, Tamudo missed two penalties, but in this game Tamudo still scored a goal to help the team win 2-0.
Valencia midfielder Ruben Baraja also had such a "feat" before Tammudo, who was turned away by Salta goalkeeper Pablo Cavallero on two penalties in a La Liga match between Valencia and Celta on 6 October 2002.
In addition, Villarreal goalkeeper Asenjo has saved two consecutive penalties against Getafe in the 2017-18 season, from Angel Rodriguez and Jorge Molina.
It is worth mentioning that Benzema is not the only Real Madrid player to concede two penalties in a single game. Since Cristiano Ronaldo's departure, Ramos has become Real Madrid's first penalty shooter, having hit 25 consecutive penalties before the UEFA Nations League match between Spain and Switzerland on 15 November 2020, but his personal record was ended in this match. Swiss goalkeeper Sommer twice judged Ramos's path, twice in more than ten minutes.
England teams are used to penalties when kicked?
In English football, where there are many matches, it is of course common for two penalties in a single game not to score. In the 2009–10 Premier League, Sunderland striker Darren Bent faced Tottenham's defence and won three penalties, but he scored just one goal and conceded two.
A game in the 34th round of the Premier League 2015-16, when after a single-season Premier League 14-goal highlight season, Bellasino had begun to show a marked decline in 2016, but he made two penalties against Watford or showed his threatening role on the offensive end, but he ended up missing all of them, just like his career, obviously encountered a good opportunity, but in the end he was wasted by himself.
In the 2016 Champions League qualifying match between Manchester City and Bucharest Star, Aguero won two penalties in the first half, but he lost them all. Fortunately, Aguero was ashamed and brave, and scored a hat-trick in the later matches to help the team win 5-0 against the opponent. In addition, in the focus battle between Manchester City and Chelsea in the 35th round of the Premier League last season, Aguero's spoon penalty was confiscated by Mendy, and he also apologized to his teammates after the game.
And the FA Cup, as England's long-standing cup match, naturally will not have such a scene. In the 2017 match against Fulham, Hull City's Uruguayan striker Abel Hernández saved the penalty in the 86th minute by the opposing goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli, the ball just came to Hernandez again, he immediately pounced on the goalkeeper and was fouled by the goalkeeper, once again receiving a penalty, but the drama is that he once again missed it. Abel Hernandez's career penalty figures are still good, he has scored a total of 17 penalties, a total of 5 free throws, both in this FA Cup match.
In the AFC Champions League, japanese teams have magic?
In the 2013 AFC Champions League, South Korean team Suwon Samsung lost 2-6 to Japanese team Kashiwa Helios, and in this game Suwon Samsung can be described as a lucky home, they won 4 penalties and lost three free throws. Among them, North Korean striker Jeong Dae-se, who became famous in the World Cup in 2010, conceded two goals alone.
Four years later, in 2017, in the AFC Champions League group stage against Urawa Red Diamonds in Shanghai SIPG, SIPG's Oscar missed penalties in the 63rd and 74th minutes, as the first midfielder in the Asian League at the time, Oscar's two consecutive points did not score, which was really surprising, and SIPG eventually lost to his opponent 0-1.
There are also some very famous consecutive penalty misses, such as Frank De Boer's regular time and penalty shootout against Italy at Euro 2000, and the Argentine striker who conceded three penalties in a row in the 1999 Copa America group stage against Colombia, setting an embarrassing football record.
If you also know of a player who conceded 2 penalties in a row during a single regular time, you are welcome to add. (Supine Braces/Qiu Yixi)