The performance has a chance to enter the record books. This Sunday, Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga saved three penalties during the same match. Even more notable performance: he achieved this performance against three different Athletic Bilbao shooters.
The feat begins in the 27th minute. Alexandro Berenguer presents himself in front of the doorman. He hits to the left of the goalkeeper who returns the ball.
Act 2 returning from the locker room in the 56th minute. At that moment, Girona leads 1-0. This time, it is Inaki Williams who appears before him. Rebelote: Paulo Gazzaniga diverts the shot. Bad luck: the referee notices that he does not have both feet on the line. He withdraws the penalty. This third time, it is the experienced Ander Herrera who sticks to it and presents himself in front of him. However, Paulo Gazzaniga is stubborn. And three: he stops the shot on goal again!
We can put the performance down to chance except that during the week, Paulo Gazzaniga had already diverted a shot on goal in the Champions League, against Feyenoord. We remember that it was he who kept the goal for the Spanish team at the Parc des Princes for the match on the first day of the Champions League against Paris and that his ball at the end of the match allowed PSG to win (1-0).
At the time of the penalty taken shortly before the hour mark, the two teams Girona and Bilbao were tied 1-1. In the end it was Gazzaniga’s team Girona who won 2-1. The funny thing is that Bilbao lost because of a… penalty conceded during stoppage time.