Agustín Rossi builds his reputation as a penalty saver in Boca: he appeared against Central and set a world record

After the conflict over the frustrated renewal of the contract with Boca, which will expire in June 2023, and the incorporation of the goalkeeper Sergio Chiquito Romero as his successor, Agostino Rossi Xeneize saves again on goal and at 14 ‘of the first half saves a penalty from Gaspar Servio, Rosario’s goalkeeper.

Rossi’s numbers in his two stages in Boca are incredible. In regular time he saved 7 of 13 who kicked him And stopped him too 9 of 41 in the definitions of sanctions. Total, 15 of 54, Counting this Wednesday against Gaspar Servio, his colleague from Rosario Central.

In his first phase in the club, he only kicked 4 and saved one. But since his return in 2020, he has been pivotal at various times, especially in two definitions of knockout against River, in the quarter-finals of the 2021 League Cup and in the round of 16 of the 2021 Argentine Cup.

According to Twitter account @SofaScoreLA, Rossi He is the goalkeeper who has saved the most penalties in the last 6 years. That is, it includes the 16 in the mouth and two more inside Antofagasta of Chile Y Lanothe teams in which he played between his two phases in the Ribera team.

In the history of Boca, Rossi is now third in solitude. Roberto Abbondanzieri It is he who has saved the most penalties between regular time and the definitions: 24. After Arch Navarro Montoyawith winds. In fourth place was there Agostino Orionewith fifteen.