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Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Eklektika(m): 2:38am On Sep 14, 2013
Its an amazing statistic-20 penalties scored,none missed. For a player whose talent has never been in doubt,this oft-overlooked ability from 12 yards is sure one of those skills in his repetoire that has left many fans and analysts alike scratching their heads for an explanation. As Mario Balotelli lined up to take a spotkick against the Czech shot stopper,Petr Cech,one of the finest keepers of his generation,not even the most brave fan with the wealth of a Russian Bilionaire would bet against Balotelli scoring. And score he did. Joe Hart,his former teammate at Manchester City admitted that in his two and a half season stay,he only saved Balotelli's penalty once in training! Bring on the last-minute pressure of tension-soaking encounters(Man City v Tottenham and Man City v Borussia Dortmund to mention but two),he steps up and tucks the ball away with aplomb. Its no secret that he's the master of psychology of penalty kicks. So,who do you think would break Balotelli's incredible run of scoring from the spot? Buffon(Milan v Juve)?
Casillas(Italy v Spain)?
Enyeama(Nigeria v Italy)?
Lloris(France v Italy)?
Hart(England v Italy)?
Cesar(Brasil v Italy)?
Neur(Germany v Italy)?
Valdez(Barcelona v Milan)?
De Gea(Man Utd v Milan)?
Or any other keeper?
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by powedelsimple(f): 2:41am On Sep 14, 2013
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Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Nobody: 2:51am On Sep 14, 2013
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Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by bigtt76(f): 3:13am On Sep 14, 2013
Dele Ayienugba ....wonder where he is now sef. Very good penalty kick stopper with Enyimba. He is always brought in during matches that enters to that stage.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by JMOI: 7:20am On Sep 14, 2013
He's a good penalty taker, but Lampard's statistics dwarf his.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by jaybee3(m): 7:24am On Sep 14, 2013
JMOI: He's a good penalty taker, but Lampard's statistics dwarf his.
Care to provide us some evidence (figures)?
How can anyone possibly better 100% success rate

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Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by JMOI: 7:41am On Sep 14, 2013
jay bee:
Care to provide us some evidence (figures)?
How can anyone possibly better 100% success rate
Lampard is more prolific from the spot. He has so far scored nearly 50 penalties for Chelsea and 9 for England (the highest for any player who has played for England). How can you compare him with someone who has not scored more than 15?
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Nobody: 12:22pm On Sep 14, 2013
Speak of 100% Spotkick perfection, speak of Rickie Lambert.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by JMOI: 1:33pm On Sep 14, 2013
FYI, Lampard is considered to be the best penalty taker in the history of football after Graham Le Tissier, who missed only one spot kick in over 49 attempts!
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Eklektika(m): 3:49pm On Sep 14, 2013
JMOI: He's a good penalty taker, but Lampard's statistics dwarf his.


According to statistics,Mario Balotelli stands at par with arguably the greatest 12-yarder of all-time-Matt Le Tissier who remains a cult figure at Southampton where he played out his entire football career. Le Tissier scored 47 penalties out a total of 48 career international penalties.
Frank Lampard has missed far too many penalties in his international career to be considered a legend of the penalty spot. He lost crucial penalties in the Champions League as well as in Euro 2004 and Germany 2006.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Eklektika(m): 3:55pm On Sep 14, 2013
JMOI: FYI, Lampard is considered to be the best penalty taker in the history of football after Graham Le Tissier, who missed only one spot kick in over 49 attempts!

Matt Le Tissier,not Graham Le Tissier. Frank Lampard comes no where near Mario Balotelli's impeccable penalty spot record. Remember that Lampard has lost a number of penalties for both club and country and in high-profile games too.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Eklektika(m): 3:58pm On Sep 14, 2013
bigtt76: Dele Ayienugba ....wonder where he is now sef. Very good penalty kick stopper with Enyimba. He is always brought in during matches that enters to that stage.


Dele Aiyenugba used to be good but no where as good as Gigi Buffon,Iker Casillas,Joe Hart and Petr Cech,elite keepers who have all at one time or the other conceded penalties to the Ghanaian Born Italian Striker.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by siddiq202(m): 8:53pm On Sep 14, 2013
JMOI: FYI, Lampard is considered to be the best penalty taker in the history of football after Graham Le Tissier, who missed only one spot kick in over 49 attempts!

Are all Chelsea fans like this? smh

Stop displaying your ignorance dude. Balo is yet to miss a penalty in any competitive match

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Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Eklektika(m): 9:03pm On Sep 14, 2013
siddiq202:

Are all Chelsea fans like this? smh

Stop displaying your ignorance dude. Balo is yet to miss a penalty in any competitive match

Very smart answer,my guy! But who do you think can/would break his incredible run of consistently scoring from the penalty spot?
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Eklektika(m): 9:05pm On Sep 14, 2013
El Guapo: Speak of 100% Spotkick perfection, speak of Rickie Lambert.

Sorry! You are wrong. Go and check the statistics.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by jaybee3(m): 9:49pm On Sep 14, 2013
JMOI:
Lampard is more prolific from the spot. He has so far scored nearly 50 penalties for Chelsea and 9 for England (the highest for any player who has played for England). How can you compare him with someone who has not scored more than 15?
You be real olodo oh. Please stop compairing the two so long as lampard can't boast of 100% success rate.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by siddiq202(m): 10:53pm On Sep 14, 2013
Eklektika:

Very smart answer,my guy! But who do you think can/would break his incredible run of consistently scoring from the penalty spot?

I go with Eklecktika. I think Dele Ayenugba is no more relevant because goal keeping is more than just to save PK. The guy is a specialist. No be beans for a coach to always sub his number one for him whenever a match ends in PK.

So I think Dele could be the one to stop him.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by ajasa4link: 10:59pm On Sep 14, 2013
Manuel neuer
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by JMOI: 11:40pm On Sep 14, 2013
If you are talking about Balotelli scoring about 15 out of 15, what will you say about Rickie Lambert who has scored 32 penalties out of 32 for Southampton? That is what I call perfection. But that's not how the best penalty taker is determined. Afterall Lampard is still the designated penalty taker for England in a squad that has the likes of Rickie Lambert and Steven Gerrard.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by dont8(m): 10:56am On Sep 15, 2013
Check this out, this penalty is the last kick of the match and the only opportunty to avoid defeat in the hand of Torino


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9MJR8BOjTk

He's a wizard
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by ajasa4link: 12:15pm On Sep 15, 2013
dont8: Check this out, this penalty is the last kick of the match and the only opportunty to avoid defeat in the hand of Torino


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9MJR8BOjTk

He's a wizard
Lol...balotelli is one crazy guy
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Eklektika(m): 2:43am On Sep 16, 2013
dont8: Check this out, this penalty is the last kick of the match and the only opportunty to avoid defeat in the hand of Torino


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9MJR8BOjTk

He's a wizard


That's my point! The guy is way too confident,a tad too arrogant when it comes to taking penalties. At Inter,he had to be restrained from snatching the ball from Javier Zanetti,the team's designated penalty taker. He is a psychological giant,master of the mind games. Which goalkeeper can beat him at the mind game battle? Remember the Dortmund keeper in last season's UCL who tried to psyche him out by whispering in his ear that he'll lose a last-minute penalty. He calmly ran up and slotted the last-minute,ran and picked the ball from the net. While running back,he turned to the keeper,gestured with his hand to his mouth as if to say;you talk too much.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Eklektika(m): 3:02am On Sep 16, 2013
JMOI: If you are talking about Balotelli scoring about 15 out of 15, what will you say about Rickie Lambert who has scored 32 penalties out of 32 for Southampton? That is what I call perfection. But that's not how the best penalty taker is determined. Afterall Lampard is still the designated penalty taker for England in a squad that has the likes of Rickie Lambert and Steven Gerrard.

Matt Le Tissier-48 scored out of 49 taken.
Rickie Lambert-31 scored out 31 taken.
Mario Balotelli-26 scored out of 26 taken.

What stands Mario out is that he converts penalties in the last minute of pressure-cooker,high-stake,high-profile games.
Not discrediting Rickie Lambert,but most of his penalties have been against lesser quality opposition and under far less pressure. And he's older than Balotelli.(Lambert's DOB-16 Feb 82)

Which Goalkeeper currently in world football can beat Mario in the penalty mind games and suceed in saving his spot kick?
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Eklektika(m): 3:06am On Sep 16, 2013
El Guapo: Speak of 100% Spotkick perfection, speak of Rickie Lambert.


Sorry dude! I have to admit that you are right.

Matt Le Tissier-48/49.
Rickie Lambert-31/31.
Mario Balotelli-26/26.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by JMOI: 10:04am On Sep 16, 2013
Why all this fuss?? Lampard, Balotelli, Lambert, Le Tissier are all great penalty takers. And any goalkeeper can catch Balotelli's penalty, it's all about luck, there are three possible outcomes: he scores, the goalkeeper catches it, he misses the net entirely. So the probability of a goalkeeper catching it remains 1/3. Even Enyimba's goalkeeper can catch it.
THREAD CLOSED!
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Nobody: 10:11am On Sep 16, 2013
me.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by siddiq202(m): 12:26pm On Sep 16, 2013
Eklektika:


That's my point! The guy is way too confident,a tad too arrogant when it comes to taking penalties. At Inter,he had to be restrained from snatching the ball from Javier Zanetti,the team's designated penalty taker. He is a psychological giant,master of the mind games. Which goalkeeper can beat him at the mind game battle? Remember the Dortmund keeper in last season's UCL who tried to psyche him out by whispering in his ear that he'll lose a last-minute penalty. He calmly ran up and slotted the last-minute,ran and picked the ball from the net. While running back,he turned to the keeper,gestured with his hand to his mouth as if to say;you talk too much.

I thought he will lose the penalty against Dortmund too, but no, he took it with so much confidence. The guy is damn good mehn. I will like to see him play against Dele Aiyenugba though
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Nobody: 12:38pm On Sep 16, 2013
Eklektika: Sorry dude! I have to admit that you are right.

Matt Le Tissier-48/49.
Rickie Lambert-31/31.
Mario Balotelli-26/26.

I never had to bother cos i knew u were soon gonna find out the truth.

Literally, from what we've got up there, Rickie is the best, not minding he stares for a 'misfit' team.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Eklektika(m): 1:49pm On Sep 16, 2013
JMOI: Why all this fuss?? Lampard, Balotelli, Lambert, Le Tissier are all great penalty takers. And any goalkeeper can catch Balotelli's penalty, it's all about luck, there are three possible outcomes: he scores, the goalkeeper catches it, he misses the net entirely. So the probability of a goalkeeper catching it remains 1/3. Even Enyimba's goalkeeper can catch it.
THREAD CLOSED!


My friend,its not luck. Its a skill and its major component is psychological mind warfare. Please Stop being childish. How can you say Enyimba goalkeeper can catch Balotelli's penalty?? I am no fan of Balotelli. But I give it to him that he is the master of the art of spot kicks. Are you implying that Enyimba's goalkeeper can be mentioned in the same breath as elite goalkeepers like Joe Hart,Gigi Buffon,Roman Wiedenfeller,Hugo Lloris and Petr Cech who at one time or the other have been beaten from the spot by the enigmatic Italian? Please dont be so dismissive and puerile.
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Eklektika(m): 1:51pm On Sep 16, 2013
El Guapo:

I never had to bother cos i knew u were soon gonna find out the truth.

Literally, from what we've got up there, Rickie is the best, not minding he stares for a 'misfit' team.



Has Rickie scored last minute penalties in top of the bill,end of season,title deciding games?
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by JMOI: 2:54pm On Sep 16, 2013
Eklektika:


My friend,its not luck. Its a skill and its major component is psychological mind warfare. Please Stop being childish. How can you say Enyimba goalkeeper can catch Balotelli's penalty?? I am no fan of Balotelli. But I give it to him that he is the master of the art of spot kicks. Are you implying that Enyimba's goalkeeper can be mentioned in the same breath as elite goalkeepers like Joe Hart,Gigi Buffon,Roman Wiedenfeller,Hugo Lloris and Petr Cech who at one time or the other have been beaten from the spot by the enigmatic Italian? Please dont be so dismissive and puerile.
Penalty is a game of luck, though skills can improve your chances. I repeat whether you like it or not, that any keeper who happens to be at the right place at the right time can save his penalty. Finito!
Re: Which Goalkeeper Can Stop Balotelli's Penalty? by Nobody: 12:26am On Sep 17, 2013
Eklektika: Has Rickie scored last minute penalties in top of the bill,end of season,title deciding games?

A Penalty kick is a penalty kick and it doesnt make an iota of sense when u throw light to the situation the Pk was to be taken.

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