Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Thursday, June 19, 2025, 08:13 / Updated Thursday, June 19, 2025 08:14
The Marca daily accuses the penalty wasted by Federico Valverde in the extension of the match with Al Hilal (1-1). His failure deprived Real Madrid of victory.
Valverde's execution was so bad that Al Hilal's goalkeeper, Bono, had no problem. And instead of a 2-1 for Real it ended 1-1, a score much more according to what happened on the ground.
Uruguayan advanced on the list of executors after number 1, Kylian Mbappe, stayed at the hotel, with a fever. But the daily Marca speaks, however, about a real problem that Real Madrid's players have from the point with lime.
Brand: “Real has a clear problem with penalties from Cristiano Ronaldo's departures, Sergio Ramos and Karim Benzema”
“A curse that never ends,” the quoted publication titles, recalling that it was the 7th blow from 11 meters missed in 2024 – 2025 by Madrid players.
“Real Madrid has a clear problem with penalties from Cristiano Ronaldo's departures, Sergio Ramos and Karim Benzema. In the last four seasons, he has transformed 43 penalties from 62. A success rate of only 69.3%”, Observes the Spanish journalists.
All the great stars of the team went to the point with lime, but no one reached one hundred percent. Kylian executed 10 penalties, and his balance was seven goals and three misses. Two of them were consecutive, the first in a match of the Champions League, on Anfield, against Liverpool, the other in a La Liga with Athletic Bilbao.
Vinicius and Bellingham, balance with lights and shadows from 11 meters
They triggered a crisis in the execution of penalties, which determined on Carlo Ancelotti (no-the former coach) to publicly declare that he will personally choose the executor of the penalties. Vinicius, in turn, beat six times, but missed in two situations. The most important, on Metropolitano, against Atletico, in the second leg of the finals of the Champions League.
Vini assumed responsibility, although Mbappe was on the ground, but sent the ball “in the clouds” into a critical situation for Real. Bellingham also registered on the list of penalties, with a success and a failure, against Valencia on Mestalla.
And now it was Valverde's turn to kick a punishment “with weight” even at the beginning in a competition, the World Clubs, which Real proposed to win to save a season 2024-2025 until now without a trophy.
