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The English international Harry Kane transformed his last 27 penalties, including 18 in a row for Bayern Munich. Zoom on this pure specialist of the genre.
Steel nerves. Since he joined FC Bayern München in 2023, Harry Kane never trembled when he had to take responsibilities on penalty. Its transformation rate is simply exceptional since it reaches 100% – 18 out of 18 – where the average in large championships is best at 75 or 80%.
The top scorer in the history of the English selection is currently on a series of 27 consecutive transformed penalties (Bayern, Tottenham and England combined). Kane’s last failure in the exercise dates back to the quarter-final of Qatar 2022 ™ against France (2-1 defeat), when the captain of Three Lions had missed the sights at the very end of the game.
The crazy success of the penalty shorer lies in two key points: his impeccable technique and his well -established routine. When he places his ball at 11 meters, Kane systematically backs up seven steps, then he stops for a moment to breathe deeply and calm down. After taking a look at the goal, he begins his momentum and hits the ball with surgical precision worthy of the greatest specialists.
His coach in Bayern, Vincent Kompany, is delighted with Kane’s killer instinct. “He works hard. What he has accomplished so far is extraordinary, “said the former Belgian international. Extraordinary, certainly, but not without equivalent in the Bundesliga. Hans-Joachim Abel never missed a penalty during his career and managed to transform his 16 penalties into the elite, in Düsseldorf, Bochum and Schalke, between 1973 and 1983. His teammate in Bayern, Joshua Kimmich, hopes that Kane, with his 12 consecutive consecutive penalties in the Bundesliga, will eventually dethrone Abel. “I have never seen him miss one in training,” enthuses the German international. “When he enters the scene, we have total confidence in him. »»
If the English striker has only changed his overall approach over the years, he sometimes waits for a little longer after the referee’s whistle before setting off, holding the keeper in suspense . “I am preparing to obtain one or two penalties per game,” explains the person concerned. “I always have an idea of what I want to do. The 31 -year -old, who should make the powder speak at the next FIFA 2025 ™ FIFA club World Cup, also puts an upper point in varying his shots to surprise the opposing doorkeepers. “It is important to be able to vary, because if you always hit them in the same way, the guards will eventually understand,” adds Kane.
In the Bundesliga, the longest series of successful shots belongs to the Pole Robert Lewandowski and the legendary German goalkeeper Hans-Jörg Butt, who each marked 17 in a row. Paul Breitner holds the record for the greatest number of successful penalties in a single season of Bundesliga, with 10 in 1980-81. With seven successful penalties during the 2024/25 exercise, Kane is only three units of this record, while he has almost half a season to play. As for the world record, he is now held by the former Albanian midfielder Ledio Pano, with 50 successive consecutively penalties. To dethrone the undisputed master in the matter, as much to say that Kane will have to release the big game and continue a few years to have an insolent success at 11 meters.
