Robert Lewandowski Misses A Penalty in Seville – Against a keeper the pole know from his Bayern Days.
Bitter Evening for Robert Lewandowski: The Polish Striker Missed A Potential Crucial Penalty in the League Defeat at FC Sevilla (1: 4) – and in a very illustrunate way.
Lewandowski stepped up to the penalty spot with barca trailing 1-2 and placed it to the Left of the Goal (76th minute), according to Sevilla Goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos Didn’t have to intervene at all.
Robert Lewandowski Misses A Penalty in Seville
The Striker Star Delayed As Usual During his Run-up, but his counterpart Didn’t Let Himelfe Be Watched and Stood Still for A Long Time. The designer German U21 Keeper Even Had the Right Corner, But the Ball Landed Next to the Left Post.
“Lewandowski’s Trick Backfired,” Wrote the Spanish Medium as about the Run-Up of the Former Bavaria Striker.
Mockery for Lewandowksi
After his Miss, Lewandowski Received Mockery from Vlachodimos, Who Showed the Number Two with his fingers.
What did the 31-Year-Old Mean? Back in November 2021, Lewandowski – Then Still in the FC Bayern Jersey – Had Already Missed A Penalty Against The Stuttgart Native When He was still playing for Benfica Lisbon. Bavaria Still Won 5-2 in the Champions League Group Stage.
Lewandowski Now has a total of ten Missed Penalties in Competitive Matches. Hey scored 86 Times from the Spot.
Lewandowski Misses Turning Point
Since his move to the Spanish League, The Bundesliga Record Goalscorer Has Missed Three Of Ten Penalties. Since 2022/23, Only Iago Aspas and Vedat Muriqi (Both Four) Have Failed More Often from the Spot in La Liga.
Even more unfortunate than the personal defeat in the private feud: Lewandowski Could Have Marked the Turning Point in the game with the penalty. After missing the chance to equalize to 2-2, The Evening Became a Debacle for Barcelona.
Commentator Hebel Judged: “Everything would have been different if Lewandowski had scored.”