The Getafe goalkeeper became the fifth goalkeeper with the most penalties in the history of the competition against Real.
By Angel Cebrian Maybe because he doesn’t play in a team that is aiming for the national title, maybe because they didn’t give him the chance to make his debut with the Spanish national team, or maybe because he lives in his country with the best goalkeepers in the world. What is true is that Very little is said about David Soria in regards to the performance he has shown and continues to show.
That is proof of this with the penalty saved by Mikel Oyarzabal at the Reale ArenaDavid Soria became the fifth goalkeeper with the most maximum penalties saved in First Division history: 11. A record that puts him in that sense at the pinnacle of referents and myths of Spanish football such as Iker Casillas and Santiago Cañizares, who ended their journey with that number. He has ten days ahead of him to reach the podium he looms: he is one away from 3rd (Asenjo and Diego López with 12) and two away from second (Palop with 13).
In addition to his extraordinary ability to beat the pitchers from the fateful spot, David Soria is one of the foundations supporting Getafe in their fight for sustainability, and this is shown by the fact that He is the fourth goalkeeper with the most saves in the Championship (93 in total and 3.32 per game) and fifth in the race for the Zamora Trophy, with a goal conceded coefficient of 1.29, very close to the 1.21 of Mamardashvili (4th) and the 1.07 of Rajkovic (3rd). That said, he’s not far from repeating his exceptional third-place finish from 2018-19.
Indisputable by all the coaches who have gone through the azulón team since arriving in the summer of 2018, David Soria ends his contract in June. At the age of 30, he is probably experiencing one of the best moments of his sports career, on Luis Enrique’s shortlist for the World Cup in Qatar. It would be a shame if Getafe lost one of their banners and a bargain for the teams looking to sign him, though”ReliefHe said he signed his extension to 2026 over a year ago, although it has not been made public by either party.
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The next challenge ahead is huge: to stop a Barcelona football club from arriving at the Colosseum Alfonso Pérez with the idea of speeding up the procedures for the championship title celebration.
Source: Goal