King of the penalty: Alves set another record

30 April 2017, 11:29 | Football
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Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves, who is a real expert in the reflection of a penalty, has established new personal achievements in the match with Real Madrid.

In the 35th round of the championship of Spain Real Madrid beat Valencia with a score of 2: 1. The Madrid could have won a bigger victory, if not for the guard of the Gate of Bats Diego Alves.

At the 68th minute in the gate of the guests was appointed a penalty for a foul against Luka Modric. The ball went to Cristiano Ronaldo, and ... for the third time out of four for his career failed to hit the gates of the Brazilian.

Alves without problems calculated the direction of the Portuguese's blow, which turned out to be very unsuccessful, but this does not diminish the merits of the talented goalkeeper.



The reflected penalty kick from Cristiano became for Diego the 22nd for the entire time of performances in the Example. Thus, he updated his own historical record. In addition, Alves has already made the sixth save after an 11-meter strike this season, which is also a record indicator. Prior to that, five penalties for one draw of the championship of Spain managed to beat Pepe Reina, speaking for Villarreal (2003/2004), and Manzanedo from the club Sabadell (1986/1987).




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