The bluntness of the Argentines in the Penalty

106 goals scored Lionel Messi in the Champions League already, before it was made on Wednesday evening in the eighth-final second leg (first leg 0:0) against Lyon ums. The Argentine, who holds the all-time top scorers list in the Premier class, the number 2 behind Cristiano Ronaldo (124 hits), had to CR7s hat-Trick on Tuesday for his hit 107 and 108 of the consequences.

Both goals. At 3:1, he had several Lyon players as slalom poles. His first goal was no less spectacular, but all the more important. Because it was up to 18. Minute 0:0, as the 31-year-old Argentinian to due foul penalty took. Messi did not have to ask twice, showed courage and class and transformed the Panenka-Penalty (see Video above). Barça won 5:1 and moved loosely in the quarter-final.

City beat Schalke

on Tuesday, a country man had taken Messi's in the same way: Sergio Aguero of Manchester City in the 33rd. Minute against Schalke, also when the score was 0:0 (the first leg had ended 3:2 for the Citizens), to the Penalty. The 30-Year-old made his national team colleagues and shot, the Panenka scores in the mesh. Manchester won finally 7:0, Agüero put together also a double-pack. He currently stands at 36 Champions League goals.

agüero's Panenka. (Video: Twitter/@IssaVibeG2)

Both Aguero as well as Messi seem with statistics to know a lot. The Website "The Stats Zone" has done a statistical distribution of all world Cup and European championship penalties until 2014, and calculated that in the case of a Penalty, the variant is in the mid-to 94.4 percent successful. By Panenka, the difficulty level will increase, however. Obviously, the virtuoso is not a Problem for the two Argentinean Ball. (hua)

Created: 14.03.2019, 10:49 PM