steve cooper
Well-Known Member
I was really disappointed to see some of the comments around social media regarding the missed penalty yesterday, and the fact that MW felt the need to respond the way he did is a sad state of affairs, and just shows how negative comments generally can affect player morale.
Just looking at Euro 2020 (2021) in normal play 8 of the world's top players missed penalties (including Kane who put the rebound away), that was out of 17 taken in total.
In the penalty shootouts the success rate was 61.11% including our national team only scoring 2 out of 5.
Goalkeepers are just like any other top sports people, they practice, practice, practice, and do their homework on teams and their likely penalty takers so it's no surprise that they are getting better at saving them. At least Gyo got it on target which is more than can be said for many of the world class players who don't even force a save out of the keeper.
Just looking at Euro 2020 (2021) in normal play 8 of the world's top players missed penalties (including Kane who put the rebound away), that was out of 17 taken in total.
In the penalty shootouts the success rate was 61.11% including our national team only scoring 2 out of 5.
Goalkeepers are just like any other top sports people, they practice, practice, practice, and do their homework on teams and their likely penalty takers so it's no surprise that they are getting better at saving them. At least Gyo got it on target which is more than can be said for many of the world class players who don't even force a save out of the keeper.