Rayo botch trick penalty in Spanish league draw
Oscar Trejo of Rayo Vallecano during a match between Rayo Vallecano v Girona FC as part of LaLiga in Madrid, Spain, on March 18, 2022.Where soccer greats Lionel Messi and Johan Cruyff succeeded, the talented but mortal midfielders of Rayo Vallecano have come up short.
The modest Madrid-based club were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Girona in the Spanish league after failing with back-to-back penalties – including a botched trick penalty kick -in a sequence that will go down as one of the oddest in recent memory for Spanish soccer.
Isi Palazon and Oscar Trejo had already scored to put their team ahead 2-1 when Rayo had a penalty call in their favour just before halftime.
Goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga saved Trejo’s spot kick, but he got another chance after the referee ordered the penalty ...