Penalty spell is not over: Real Madrid has lost 7 penalty shots this season

In the Club World Cup group stage, Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Riyadh New Moon. During the game, Valverde's penalty kick was saved by goalkeeper Bunu, becoming the seventh penalty kick that Real Madrid missed in various competitions this season. After Ancelotti left office and Alonso took over, in addition to adapting to the new system, Real Madrid still faced a long-standing problem - a sluggish penalty shooting percentage. In this game, due to Mbappe's absence due to fever, the penalty task that should have been punished by the French fell on Uruguayan midfielder Valverde. However, he was turned away by Moroccan goalkeeper Bunu.

This season, Mbappe took 10 penalties, scored 7 goals and made 3 mistakes. Two consecutive misses occurred in the Champions League match at the Liverpool Anfield Stadium and the league against Athletic Bilbao. This triggered Ancelotti's public statement: In the future, the coaching staff will decide the candidate for the penalty kick.

Although Mbappe is the main penalty kicker in the team, this responsibility has been distributed to other players. Vinicius tried 6 times, and 2 of them failed. The most impressive thing is that he knocked the penalty kick at a critical moment when facing Atletico Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, causing the team to fall into a passive situation.

Bellingham also took a penalty and was successful against Valencia, but also made a mistake. Now, Valverde has joined this "penalty executor list" but has lost in his first attempt this season.

Real Madrid's performance in penalty shootouts has dropped significantly since Ronaldo, Ramos and Benzema left. In the past four seasons, the team has won 62 penalties, scoring only 43 goals, and hitting only 69.3%.

Interestingly, Real Madrid still performed well in the penalty shootout. They won all three penalty shootouts in the Champions League knockout round, including two defeats of Manchester City and one defeat of Atletico Madrid. However, the penalty conversion rate in regular games is still an urgent problem to be solved.