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Missing Penalties
How are so many professional footballers missing penalties? I don't think it was so bad before as it is now. Is the concentration really lacking?
When I think of GOOD penalty takers like Le Tissier, Cantona, Shearer, Lampard - they are/were very confident, and rarely missed. I'd add Balotelli to that list as well perhaps. Two matches of 2014 come to mind - United v Sunderland, and this Munchen v Arsenal match. Extremely poor penalties. The players nowadays look shell-shocked when they have to take a pen. It's embarrassing really. |
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Any self-respecting striker who passes up the chance to take a penalty should be £#%&!ing ashamed of themselves. Obviously I'm talking about that overrated donkey Mandžukić, but it applies across the board.
A striker's job is to score goals. When they pass up the chance to take a penalty I do wonder if they really appreciate their own profession, and I also have to question their mental strength. Imagine the likes of Van Nistelrooy, Raul, Cristiano Ronaldo, Romario etc. refusing to take penalties, ffs. The only acceptable exception is when a team possesses one of those rare penalty specialists (Le Tissier, Irwin, Hierro, Chilavert). |
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Lampard has missed 2 in a row two different times in his career btw. |
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One of the rarest things in football is a well-taken penalty being saved. Good penalties hit the net; bad ones are saved. Think of a famous missed penalty - chances are it was badly taken. Bergkamp in 99, Anelka in 08 - bad penalties. Both waist-high and too close to the keeper. Hit the corner with pace and it won't matter how agile the keeper is. |
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