In the Copa del Rey anything can happen, especially with the new format. There are surprises, there are goals from people who play soccer in the afternoons but in the mornings work in a factory and even events like the one experienced in Manises happen: that a goalkeeper saves two penalties in a row against two professional footballers.
He did it Adrian Muñozfirst to Bertug and later to Alvaro Rodriguez. First throwing himself to one side, then the other way around, two authentic saves, two savages that led to total madness in the ‘Vicente Martínez Catalá’, who believed for a moment that it was possible get down to a whole First Division of the KO competition.
Adri unhinged the azulones and it was not a coincidence. The goalkeeper has a natural talent for penalties, he himself recognized it in LaGrada in the pre-match. “Yesand they give me very good, it’s pure inertia“, he explained. And the truth is that the data supports him, Adri already saved two maximum penalties against Bunyol in the previous round of the Cup when the tie went to penalties… And those two stops were worth his team’s classification.
The striking thing about the goalkeeper is that not only is he not the usual goalkeeper in the league of Manises, but in his free time he combines his training in Manises… with playing soccer with his friends… ¡dand midfielder! His good touch on the ball allows him to double the position and sometimes direct the game and other times save penalties.
In any case, unfortunately his stops were of little use because his team went to half-time losing 0-3. but, despite this, November 26 will be a night that Adrián will never forget. They conceded three goals in the first half, but saved two penalties from two professionals.
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