Top 5 Players With Most Penalty Misses In Europe This Season Ronaldo, Messi Included
Penalties are one of the easiest chances to convert during a football match from nine-yards and it has changed the course of many games.
Spot-kicks are usually designated to the most inspirational or influential player in the team having trusted their conversion rate over time.
However, these players sometimes fall short of putting the ball into the back of the net due to fantastic goalkeeping or bad luck.
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The just concluded season saw players of timber and caliber miss penalties which sometimes cost their teams maximum points or losing the game outrightly.
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Here are the top five players who missed penalty kicks the season
1. Cristiano Ronaldo
Of all people one would expect Ronaldo to score from the penalty spot as he has proven over his entire career for club and country.
But this season was a little bit different, despite scoring six the 36-year-old missed two other opportunities against Serie A rivals Atalanta in their 1-1 draw and against newly crowned Italian champions Inter Milan.
2. Jorginho
Jorginho's technique of converting penalties is very difficult for goalkeepers to catch or make a save. But of the nine spot-kicks taken by the Chelsea midfielder, two were missed in the process.
His first miss was against Liverpool during their 2-0 loss at Stamford Bridge while his second was in the 3-1 defeat to Arsenal.
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3. Lionel Messi
Winner of La Liga's Golden Boot was also among the top players that missed penalties this season.
Despite ending the campaign with 30 goas, Messi scored three out of five penalties this season. Both of his misses were against Valencia in Barcelona's home and away fixtures.
4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Ibrahimovic missed three penalties this season for AC Milan but also scored the same number of times for the Rossoneri.
The 39-year-old missed one in the Milan derby with Inter, the second in a league game with Hellas Verona while the last against Spartak Moscow in the Europa League.
5. Ciro Immobile
The Lazio star completes the list of players with the highest number of penalty misses, with just four conversions out of eight spot-kicks this season.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had also reported that Cristiano Ronaldo finished as Serie A's topscorer during his second spell with 29 goals making him the first player to win the Golden Boot in England, Italy and Spain, 90 min.
The 36-year-old's 29 goals was assured that he was going to win Seri A's Golden Boot after Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku finished the season with 24 strikes.
It is also the first time Ronaldo will be finishing as the season's topscorer in Italy since he joined Juventus from Real Madrid back in 2018.
Source: Legit.ng
