Real Madrid awarded far more penalties than any other side
Los Blancos led Europe for penalties given in 2022 and by quite some distance
Real Madrid frequently complain about refereeing, with coach Carlo Ancelotti even insinuating that a referee ‘invented’ a penalty against his team. Butragueno is another who often appears to put pressure on the referees. However, at the end of the year, a stat has emerged which shows they have no reason to complain.
Florentino Perez’s side have been awarded more penalties in 2022 than any other team in Europe. 17 penalties to be precise. The most recent came the other day against Real Valladolid in the 83rd minute and sent them ahead to cut the gap on Barcelona.
The stats show that surprisingly the second teams with the most penalties is Olympique Lyon, with 11, and Roma. On 10 are PSG and Valencia.
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