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Any detail can decide a match. If it is in a final, decide a champion. And that detail can be, why not, a penalty. A hand in hand between pitcher and goalkeeper. More than luck, sometimes a psychological game. If the time comes in Paris, Courtois and Alisson will monopolize the spotlight. A stop can give the title.
Alisson performs better than Courtois in eleven-meter duels when they take place in the heat of matches. The 29-year-old Brazilian goalkeeper has saved four of the 25 penalties that have been thrown at him in his career, 16%. If we discount those (five penalties) in which the shooters failed to direct their shot between the three sticks, their effectiveness rate rises to 20%. Courtois has a slightly lower balance, although much more experience. The 30-year-old Belgian has been through the trance of facing a penalty shooter on 58 occasions. He has arrested nine, 15.25%. The shooters have been more accurate against Tibu, with only two missed shots, which raises the success rate to 15.79%. The last penalty that Courtois has stopped was precisely in Paris, the one that Messi threw at him in the first leg of the round of 16 against PSG.
Courtois and Alisson’s numbers on penalties
in matches
| Courtois | Allison | |
| Penalties faced | 58 | 25 |
| Penalties conceded | 49 | 16 |
| missed penalties | two | 5 |
| stops | 9 | 4 |
| Stops s/total | 15.25% | 16% |
| Stops without failure | 15.79% | twenty% |
In penalty shootouts
| Courtois | Allison | |
| Penalties faced | 7 | 22 |
| Penalties conceded | 5 | 18 |
| missed penalties | 1 | two |
| stops | 1 | two |
| Stops s/total | 14.29% | 9.09% |
| Stops without failure | 16.67% | 10% |
total computation
| Courtois | Allison | |
| Penalties faced | 66 | 47 |
| Penalties conceded | 53 | 3. 4 |
| missed penalties | 3 | 7 |
| stops | 10 | 6 |
| Stops s/total | 15.15% | 12.77% |
| Stops without failure | 15.87% | fifteen% |
Source: Opta, Transfermarkt and own calculations.
Penalty shootouts flip the stats of both. In them Courtois has more success, but it is Alisson who has more experience. The madridista has lived through two: with Chelsea (which he lost) in the 2017 Community Shield final against Arsenal and the 2020 Spanish Super Cup (which he won) in the derby against Atlético. Of the seven penalties that have been thrown at him in batches, Courtois saved one (14.29% success) and the shooter missed another (which raises his success rate to 16.67%). Alisson, for his part, has participated in four rounds, one with Brazil and three with Liverpool. The last one, two weeks ago in the FA Cup final that the networks They beat Chelsea. Of 22 pitches, the Brazilian stopped two (9.09% correct) and the rivals missed another two (which raises the rate to 10%).
Adding one and the other, Courtois offers more guarantees than Alisson on penalties. The white guard has stopped 10 of the 66 shots that have been made from eleven meters, 15.15%. If the three failures of the rivals are discounted, the index rises to 15.87%. The Liverpool goalkeeper, for his part, has successfully intervened in 6 of 47 shots from the fatal point, 12.77%. If we omit the seven opponents’ misses from the percentage calculation, Allisson’s success rate reaches 15%.
Liverpool is subscribed to penalties
Liverpool’s recent precedents predict a long game. Since the Champions League final that they beat Tottenham in Madrid, Klopp’s men have reached the penalty shootout in five of the six finals they have played. And in the sixth in discord the champion was resolved to the extension.
The streak began with the Community Shield final in 2019, which was won by Manchester City on penalties. Ten days later, the European Super Cup against Chelsea was also decided in the eleven meters, this time in favor of the networks. The Club World Cup final was the exception, but Liverpool still had to go into extra time to be crowned against Flamengo. Last season, the Community Shield resisted them again against Arsenal also on penalties.
This season the networks they have won the two FA Cups from eleven meters, both beating Chelsea. Liverpool won the Carabao Cup after eleven rounds of shooting (only Kepa failed) and two weeks ago the FA Cup against the blues.
This Champions League, on the other hand, is Madrid who has extended their matcheswith extensions against Chelsea and City in the quarterfinals and semifinals.