PEAK MOMENT He was bought by Real Madrid to win «la decima,» their long - cherished 10th European Cup, and his extra-time
penalty against Atletico Madrid in 2014 sealed the deal at the end of a Champions League campaign in which he scored a record 17 goals.
After Ronaldo came through his fitness scare and then went on to score the winning
penalty against Atletico on Saturday, he and Portugal must be worth a look, especially as they are in a relatively easy looking group with Austria, Hungary and Iceland.
Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves saved two
penalties against Atletico Madrid, but who is Europe's best penalty stopper?
Not exact matches
Antoine Griezmann missed a
penalty early in the half — slamming his spotkick
against the crossbar — but
Atletico took advantage of Real's reshuffled right flank two minutes later, as Juanfran found some space out wide and sent in a lightning cross which was duly fired home by Carrasco — the game's outstanding individual during the second half.
Likewise, Atleti have been steely in defence with Jan Oblak proving to be a worthy last line of defence in goal with a string of impressive displays, most notably in the semi-final
against Bayern Munich where he had over 34 shots on goal and saved a Thomas Muller
penalty to help send
Atletico to the final.
And was also the goal scorer of the
penalty shoot on the final
against Atletico Madrid.
On the other hand,
Atletico won 8 - 7 on
penalties over two legs match was goalless
against with the Netherlands club PSV.
Barcelona have been awful at
penalties;
Atletico went 8 - for - 8 in a shootout
against PSV Eindhoven.