Hugo Lloris: the brutal record of the French goalkeeper who benefited the Argentine team in Qatar 2022

In a game controlled until minute 80 by the Argentine national team, Kylian Mbappé, the greatest star of French football (and perhaps the world) had to appear to shake the third star of the South Americans. The champion would be defined in the penalty shootout, but no one suspected that Deschamps’ men would have their lowest link in their captain, Hugo Lloris.

Penalties are usually a separate match, where the personality of the players comes out and where the cardiac symptoms of the fans are put to the test. Therefore, it is important to have good penalty kickers, specialists in these arts. However, it is equally or more crucial to have a goalkeeper capable of withstanding the pressure of the 12 steps. Here are some facts about Lloris in these circumstances.

How many penalties did Hugo Lloris save?

Prior to the match against Argentina for the 2022 World Cup final, the 35-year-old goalkeeper had faced 138 penalties throughout his career, of these 111 were goals. Among the 27 shots that did not reach the goal net, Lloris saved 17, 5 shots went wide and 5 hit the post.

Hugo Lloris in a penalty shootout

The Thoteham goalkeeper was present at five penalty shoot-outs, conceding 20 of the 25 shots. He just saved four and one shot hit the post. In the national team, he only had the opportunity to face a penalty shootout against Switzerland at Euro 2021: he did not save any of the 5 shots.

And ‘Dibu’ Martinez?

The contrast is clear. The world champion goalkeeper faced 42 penalties, saved 13 shots and one hit the post. And in the penalty shootout, Emiliano Martínez kept his fence undefeated in 5 of the 10 shots in which he was the protagonist.