French star Karim Benzema, the First Football Association (FFA) forward, on Monday missed a penalty for the 11th time in his career, and the third in a “Tigers” shirt.
Benzema took a penalty during the first half of his team meeting and unity, at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, but Morocco’s Mounir Mohammadi, the guard of Unity, blocked his shot by denying him the opening of his team’s goals in the 21 Foundation Day Tour of the Saudi Roshin League.
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The missed kick reminded the Tigers of the clash with Al-Ahli Egypt, in mid-December, to account for the second round of the Club World Cup in Jeddah, when the star himself wasted a penalty, contributing to his team’s loss of 1 December and exit the World Cup. I also reminded them that he missed a penalty to Abdullah Al-Ma ‘iouf, his current colleague and former al-hilal goalkeeper, when, last August, he won 3.1 in the last eight of the King Salman Cup for Arab clubs.
Benzema scored twice for the Etihad from the spot, Wagga Abha and Gulf in rounds 13 and 15 of the league.
With Spain’s France and Real Madrid, the 36-year-old world star missed 8 penalties, 3 with the Roosters and 5 with the historic European ball champion. In contrast, he successfully executed 41 penalties, including with 32 with Real Madrid, 4 with French Lyon, and 3 with the national team.
