Boca Juniors beat Rosario Central 2-1 for date 3 of the 2022 Professional League Cup, thanks to goals from Carlos Izquierdoz and Frank Fabra, but surely history would have been different if Agustin Rossi The Emiliano Vecchio penalty did not save him, when the match was 0 to 0.
The goalkeeper “Xeneize” has become a true specialist in stopping shots from the penalty spot, and the statistics collected by Data Ref they mark it perfectly: Rossi has covered nine of the 33 penalties that were kicked (seven in batches and two in regular time).
The effectiveness of 27% marks that the native of San Martín has a gift for this type of situation, and every time a penalty is generated for the rival instead of being afraid, he gets bigger, with the certainty that that ball is going to be his.
“The penalty served to take the victory with our people, a little bitter about the final goal but we were able to take a victory that is the most important thing”highlighted the No. 1 after the clash played on the field of Vélez.
“We had seen both penalties from Vecchio and (Marco) Ruben”recognized the archer, since either of the two could execute, and assured: “From the beginning I had decided to go there and luckily I was able to guess.”
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