No penalty missed in the past 11 times! Team News reveals the characteristics of Mbappé’s penalty kick: a paused run-up and a firm look in his eyes

"Team" reported that since missing a penalty kick against Bilbao on December 4 last year, Mbappe has scored 11 consecutive penalty kicks in the club and national team.

French media said that the turning point of everything began with the defeats against Switzerland in the 2021 European Cup and against Bilbao in 2024. Especially after the latter game, Mbappe admitted that he "hit rock bottom."

These setbacks prompted him and the team to focus entirely on the spiritual level. The core is to find the joy of taking penalty kicks, rebuild absolute confidence, and regard every penalty kick as a personal challenge that must be overcome.

Technically, Mbappe’s goal is to make it impossible for the goalkeeper to judge. He scored three penalty kicks in the 2022 World Cup final, all of which were shot to the right side of the goalkeeper, but with clever changes in power and angle.

Mbappe's signature techniques include a paused run-up, a calm and determined look, and subtle adjustments to his footwork when touching the ball to hide his intentions to the greatest extent.

In this season's game against Marseille, he once again used the same method to penetrate the gate guarded by Rulli twice. Although one of the goals was saved, it still entered the net, which fully proved the effectiveness of his new method.

The core of this series of adjustments is to complete the shot through sudden acceleration in the last two or three steps without leaving any clues for the opponent to predict.