Real Madrid missed more than a third of the penalty kicks it won last season, which raised many questions in the Spanish newspaper "Marca" on Monday, as the preparation period for the new season began.

Penalty kick, but there are also no 19. Marca stated: "There is no team that has won more penalty kicks than Real Madrid last season. A major European team wasted this number of them, as more than a third of those kicks were wasted and did not result in goals." The Spanish newspaper wondered, with the team returning to training on Monday, 2026-2025, about the player who will take over the penalty kicks in the season
The newspaper pointed out that the options are limited to the Frenchman Kylian Mbappe (missing three penalty kicks), the Brazilian Vinicius (missing two), the Englishman Jude Blingham (missing one penalty kick) and the Uruguayan Federico Valverde (missing one penalty kick), while the team wasted its last two penalty kicks, as Mbappe wasted against Real Sociedad despite scoring a goal after the ball rebounded to him, and Valverde wasted the opportunity to score the second goal in a match...Al Hilal Saudi Club World Cup

Marca said that Xabi Alonso, the team's coach, must find a replacement for Valverde to take over the task of penalty kicks, but before that he must find the best, and it seems that all methods lead to the selection of Mbappe, who returned to lead the team's attacking line instead of the Brazilian Vinicius.
However, missed penalty kicks were one of the reasons for the criticism that Mbappe was subjected to, after he missed two kicks at Anfield against Liverpool in the Champions League, and San Mames against Athletic Bilbao in the league championship, in addition to his decision not to take a penalty kick during the match against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, which Vinicius missed after that, then scored in the penalty kicks and gave his team a great start.
Of which only; Three 13 penalty kicks in his career, and he missed 50. Marca said that Mbappe is still the best player in executing penalty kicks, as he scored with Paris Saint-Germain, and missed two with France; This is what makes him more successful than his teammate Vinicius.8 penalty kicks with Real Madrid, and He missed two with France, which makes him more successful than his teammate Vinicius