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Diego Alves: The Valencia CF Penalty Warrior
- Published_at:2015-01-16
- Category:Sports
- Channel:Valencia CF
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- description: Thanks to his save of Celta Vigo player Fabián Orellana’s penalty kick on the last La Liga matchday, Diego Alves has become the La Liga’s top penalty-stopper of the past 25 years. The Brazilian has saved 14 penalties, surpassing such great goalkeepers as Santiago Cañizares (13), Andrés Palop (12) and César Sánchez (11) -all three former Valencia CF players. Alves kept out 10 penalties in La Liga during his time at UD Almeria [including efforts from Cristiano Ronaldo, Fernando Llorente and Freddie Kanoute] and has stopped 4 so far between the sticks for Valencia CF. Outside of La Liga, his list of ‘victims’ features Lionel Messi in the Copa del Rey, Mario Mandzukic in the Champions League and Roman Bezjak in the Europa League. In total, Alves has faced 37 penalty kicks since his arrival in Spain, conceding 18 and stopping 17 [the remaining two were off-target shots from the kicker] Alves has stated in the past that a penalty is “a psychological battle between the goalkeeper and the taker” and is widely regarded as one of the world’s top specialists in saves from the penalty spot. Here are his 7 penalty saves in competitive matches for Valencia… so far. 1. vs Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona, Copa del Rey 2011/12 (0:05) 2. vs Mario Mandzukic of FC Bayern Munich, Champions League 2012/13 (0:19) 3. vs Diego Costo of Atletico Madrid, La Liga 2013/14 (0:30) 4. vs Ivan Rakitic of Sevilla FC, La Liga 2013/14 (0:50) 5. vs Roman Bezjak of Ludogorets Razgrad, Europa League 2013/14 (1:04) 6. vs Guilherme Siqueira of Atletico Madrid, La Liga 2014/15 (1:13) 7. vs Fabián Orellana of Celta de Vigo, La Liga 2014/15 (01:32)
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