Although he Cordoba CF did not have a particularly brilliant match against Leganés, the green and white team savored the sweetness of victory in the final moments. In the 88th minute, Requena was brought down by Saïd Sy inside the area and the referee penalty reported … . Without a doubt, the pressure was maximum for Jacobo who ended up crashing his shot onto the crossbar. With this error, the Cordoba team not only found itself without the three points, but also ended a series of four years of total success at eleven meters.
If you look at the newspaper archives, the last erroneous maximum sentence was for Willy Ledesma. September 26, 2021 in front of Don Benito. That year, the riverside club was going through its worst sporting stage since it found itself in Second Federationa category he left behind during a campaign where he won the Federation Cup trophy.
Regarding this match against the Extremadura team, Córdoba did not suffer too much from the mistake of the green and white striker in winning the triumph without major complications (3-2). That season, Miguel de las Cuevas also missed a penalty, this time in the victory against Cádiz Mirandilla (3-1).
Finally, the green and white team was deadly from the penalty spot during its stay in the Second Federation, scoring nine points this way. The flow of maximum penalties was significantly reduced during the promotion campaign of the First Federation. Willy Ledesma transformed the only launch attributed to Cordoba during the 2022-2023 season. He did it during the victory against Badajoz (2-4).
A perfect sequence from Second Federation to Second
Already the year of promotion to the Second Division, Kike Marquez He was responsible for four penalties against Ibiza, Ceuta, Atlético Sanluqueño and Ponferradina. Alberto Toril He also scored from eleven meters against Real Madrid Castilla. Green and white they celebrated many goals in this way in the transition to the silver category of Spanish football, although the pitchers were much more distributed.
Ander Yoldi (Sporty), Carracedo (Eldense and Cádiz), Alex Sala (Castellón) and Jacob (Albacete, Cádiz and Levante) took charge of spreading joy among the supporters of Córdoba. It should be noted that this statistic does not take into account penalties. If this were the case, the sequence would be much shorter since Córdoba was thus eliminated in the Copa del Rey against Olot. Mistakes from Antonio Casas and Ander Yoldi condemned the green and white club to say goodbye to the tournament after being eliminated in the first round.
Finally, Jacob (Castellón and Almería) and Carracedo (Racing de Santander) has scored three penalties this season. With the failure of the Madrilenian against Leganés, a sequence of twenty-three consecutive successful throws. In Jacobo’s case, it’s his first mistake after five attempts. During this period, he and Willy Ledesma were the top scorers from eleven meters.
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