Whilst many consider Lionel Messi to be the hit or miss guy with penalties, capable of wasting a spot kick at the most crucial of times, Antoine Griezmann is slowly catching up to the Argentine.
The stats show that the Frenchman – the man who infamously missed from the spot in last season’s Champions League final – is not reliable with penalties, missing three out of four in La Liga and two out of three in Europe.
His most recent miss came in Sunday’s all-important trip to Valencia. Being awarded a penalty late on in the first half, Griezmann saw his attempt thwarted by a fine Diego Alves save. Watch it in the video below.
In all honesty, the Valencia goalie is proving difficult to beat with a spot kick, so much that he saved another penalty in the second half of that very game – against Gabi this time.
The Brazilian custodian has now saved 19 of the 41 penalties he has faced in La Liga. Check out the best reactions.
Diego Alves is something else in goal, how is he still at valencia
— Kirky (@kirky0110) October 2, 2016
Diego Alves is something else in goal, how is he still at valencia
— Kirky (@kirky0110) October 2, 2016
Antoine Griezmann has now failed to convert his last 3 penalties for @Atleti including 2 this week as he also missed v Bayern in #UCL.
— Gracenote Live (@GracenoteLive) October 2, 2016
Griezmann’s fantastic and he’ll kick this penalty miss habit eventually, but he’s got to be removed from the duty now. Gabi needs to be #1.
— David Cartlidge (@davidjaca) October 2, 2016
I love Griezmann way too much to keep seeing him miss penalties
— mariya (@greybxrnes) October 2, 2016
If only it were that easy.... So who is better than Messi & Griezmann at taking penalties? #PenaldoAllDayEveryDay pic.twitter.com/HJD1HlYopx
— M.A.J (@UItraSuristic) October 2, 2016
#FACTCHECK - Griezmann has missed 3 out of 4 penalties in La Liga and 2 out of 3 in Champions League.
— MisterChip (English) (@MisterChiping) October 2, 2016
Griezmann penalty saved by a wonder stop from Diego Alves... not a bad penalty at all... but not in the corner and Alves gets a hand to it
— Dermot Corrigan (@dermotmcorrigan) October 2, 2016
Then Alves saved another penalty in that very same game
And Diego Alves saves another penalty today! 19/41 saved now in La Liga. Simply ridiculous, not human.
— Sergi Domínguez (@FutbolSergi) October 2, 2016
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