Article by Daniel Scorpie, Alexandru Stanciu – published Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 23:36 / Updated Wednesday, June 11, 2025 23:42
Louis Munteanu (22 years old), the captain of the U21 representative of Romania, missed a punishment in the extension of the first half of the debut match of the national prepared by Daniel Pancu from Euro 2025, with Italy U21. The score was 1-0 in favor of the Italians, after the goal scored by Tommaso Baldanzi in the 26th minute.
With the failure of the match with Italy, Louis Munteanu has reached an incredible statistic for an attacker. The Romanian has executed 8 penalties in total this season, of which he missed half!
Louis Munteanu missed 50% of the penalties executed this season! Photo. How did he beat with Italy U21
Louis Munteanu has reached an incredible statistic for an striker regarding the conversion rate of punishment. CFR Cluj's striker missed the 4th penalty this season, out of 8 executed!
Before the duel with the Italians, Munteanu had missed 3 punishment blows, two of them in important matches. The first failure came in the derby with U Cluj from December 2024, when Dan Petrescu's team lost with a score of 2-3.
The second failure took place in February this year, in the victory of “railways” with Ploiești Oil, score 2-0. The last failure occurred in the lost derby with FCSB, score 2-3. Munteanu had initially missed, but he managed to mark immediately, following the rejection.
The last two strokes from Louis Munteanu transformed the point dates back to March, when CFR Cluj defeated Gloria Buzau with a score of 6-0. The striker then managed a “triple”, two of the goals being scored from the penalty.
Munteanu has also transformed this season other penalties, in the victory with the January Lighthouse, score 3-1, and in the draw with the Unirea Slobozia from December last year, score 1-1.
In total, throughout his career, Louis Munteanu has transformed 10 punishment blows and missed 7.
