Tolu Arokodare did not have his best afternoon against Club Brugge. The Genk striker missed a penalty while blue-black was able to score twice more to keep the three points at home.
KRC Genk lost 2-0 to Club Brugge on Sunday afternoon. The home team was clearly the better team, but against the flow of the game Genk could have taken the lead.
Tolu forced a penalty himself, but was unable to convert it afterwards. He took his time and a very short run-up. The striker kicked weakly across the ground and Mignolet was even able to clamp the ball.
Afterwards, Karel Geraerts discussed the penalty in more detail at DAZN. He came up with an interesting explanation afterwards.
The ex-coach of Union and Schalke 04 said that when he was still a trainer, he received data about penalties. This way he could better prepare his players when the ball would hit the spot.
The data stated that players who wait longer than three seconds before kicking after the ref has whistled have a much lower chance of converting their penalty. Tolu waited at least five seconds before touching the ball.
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