Real Madrid s penalty shooting percentage this season

Real Madrid's penalty performance this season is indeed worrying. According to the latest data, their penalties percentage in various competitions is less than 60%, which is undoubtedly a key issue that the team needs to solve.

Real Madrid's penalty shooting percentage this season

Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Saudi giant Riyadh Crescent in the first game of the club's World Cup. As the game entered stoppage time, Real Madrid received a valuable penalty opportunity, but Federico Valverde, who took the penalty for the first time, failed to send the ball into the net and missed the chance to win.

This loss made Real Madrid's penalty data even more serious this season: they have missed seven of their 19 penalties attempts, with a shooting percentage of only about 63%, far below their ideal level.

Player penalty data details

The following are the data details of Real Madrid's main penalty shooters this season:

Kylian Mbappe: 10 penalty kicks, 7 hits, 3 turnovers

Vinicius Junior: 6 penalty kicks, 4 hits, 2 turnovers

Jude Bellingham: 2 penalty kicks, 1 hit, 1 turnover

Federico Valverde: 1 penalty kick, 1 turnover

From the data, even top shooters like Mbappe and Vinicius failed to maintain a high penalty success rate. Both Bellingham and Valverde's first penalty ended in turnovers, indicating that the team may have problems with penalty picks and psychological construction.

Important mission of the preseason

Such a sluggish penalty shooting percentage is a huge hidden danger for a giant team that is determined to compete for the championship in multiple lines. In key games, penalty kicks often determine the outcome, and Real Madrid's performance this season is obviously unsatisfactory. The coaching staff will have a lot of work to do in the upcoming preseason. They need to reassess the priority of penalty kicks, and at the same time strengthen the players' penalty training, including the development of psychological qualities, to ensure that the team can grasp these valuable scoring opportunities at critical moments in the future.