Goalkeeper Xeneize is sweet when kicking from the penalty spot, although that has not always been the case in his career.
On the way as a goalkeeper in football, Sergio Romero had a most remarkable moment above the rest: the penalty shootout against the Netherlands at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Javier Mascherano’s phrase was immortalized there, “Today You Become a Hero”and Chiquito was linked to punishment.
Anyway, the stats don’t list him as a great catcher out of the twelve steps. His average has risen since occupying the arc of Boca juniors, where he saved 57% of penalties kicked. There are already four of the seven and the Boquense fan is excited about the possibility of a definition in the Copa Libertadores.
Then all the numbers Small as a penalty shooter.
SERGIO ROMERO ON PENALTY DURING REGULAR TIME
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SERGIO ROMERO IN PENALTY SHOUT
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Their numbers in the maximum penalty definitions are negative: of the eight matches he played in his career, he lost five and won three.
With Argentina, he lost to Uruguay in the 2011 Copa América, then in the final of the same competition against Chile in 2015 and 2016. He then came on for Sampdoria in the Coppa Italia against Juve Stabia. Already at Manchester United he lost to Middlesbrough for the League Cup.
Of the three he won, two were for his country. At the 2014 World Cup, they defeated the Netherlands in the semifinals, while a year later they defeated Colombia in the quarterfinals of the Copa América in Chile. The rest were with the Red Devils and defeated Rochdale for the Carabao Cup.
Source: Goal