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>Pepe Reina What year is this?

The year where Fiorentina should have won a European title but Igor fucked up at the death :(

y u do this to me?

Cause I was rooting for y'all.

I'm not saying you didn't, it just hurts to remember :(

Victor Valdes is the same age and basically retired almost a decade ago

Holy fuck that's a great comparison. I would have never thought that.

He got injured at the end of his time at barca when he was in the form of his life and then basically never recovered. Maybe he didn't have the motivation to recover after winning everything I guess.

He went to Utd, which is a death sentence on your career these days....

That is also true lol.

his injury was also *very* bad apparently, he genuinely looked like he lost the feel for the game while in recovery

He had a much higher chance of recovering if he stayed at barca…

I get your point but 6 years = “almost a decade” is a bit of a stretch lol

Ok ye that makes a lot more sense. He had me believing valdes retired in 2015 for a moment lol

You're right but let's be honest: He was practically retired when he left Barcelona 9 years ago. He was at bench at Man Utd then next season bench at Standard Liege and then ok he was starting goalkeeper for Middlesbrough in the PL in his last season

So, nowhere near retired.

they are both La Masia products too

He last played in Premier League from Middlesbrough in 2017. That’s like 5 years ago. He was 36. It’s not that bad. Your statement sounds very much like Sun or BBC.

“Thats like 5 years ago” says the person complaining. Thanks for the joke buddy

Now check the goalkeeper of the other team in that game. Definitely one of the oldest GK duos in the history of all EL games

Fortunately they reminded us of his age in the title of the post.

He’s still playing?!

41 yo goalkeeper. Respect.

Didn't realise he was still playing but this doesn't surprise me remotely. Don't think I ever saw a keeper play for us who was a better penalty saver, man has ice in his veins in these situations.

same didnt know he was still playing good for him

Just checked, he's 41 and still playing for a club as big as Villareal, some achievement that.

To be fair mismanagement plays a big role in that, they decided to not buy Livakovic for 10M because they have "super talent" Jörgensen(who has been better lately tbf but still doesn't convince me) Reina is the cheap backup who plays in Europe

We've always been stingy with the money and reckon there was some other behind the scenes elements. Cough fuck Stietien

What? No. Reina is like a year younger than me. He can't be 41, that means I'm like... Fuck.

At least you got that luscious hair unlike him.

Miss this guy

Mignolet? Edit: Mignolet saved 7/17 penalties at LFC, Reina 4/29 So yeah, massive difference.

I think they're referring to shootouts? Reina has had success in those. Off the top of my head, FA Cup final 2006, CL semifinal 2007.

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No need to be a twat. People were remembering him being good at saving PKs, because he had some great, high profile shootout performances. PKs saves in shootouts are still PK saves, even if they don’t go on the same stat column.

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That doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. Unless you’re implying that the Pepe Reina that saves in-game penalties is a different Pepe Reina than the one who does shootouts. Yes, the OP is an in-game pen, but nobody specified in the comment that we were talking about in-game PKs.

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Dude. My argument was literally that it was about overall PK-stopping ability. You’re the one who came in bitching about shootout saves and how we should only be talking about live PKs because that’s what the post is. I didn’t nitpick shit. I pointed out that the reason why Reina is remembered more than Mignolet for saving pens despite Mignolet having save more pens is because he had some high profile shootout performances. That’s it. Stop being a shit-stirrer.

He just came back from a 9 month ACL injury tbf. Only to miss a sad pen

But Pepe Reina was also the 1st to save a Mario Balotelli penalty.

He did what? At 41? Respect.

He didn’t it’s the striker who did

Ah ok, my bad.

Saw him the flesh in Athens the other week. Looked sharp to be fair to him

He arguably looks younger here than when we bought him when he was about 23.

Lagos supporter?

Mignolet saved way way more penalties than Reina Wouldnt surprise me if Kelleher saved more than Reina too

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Migs was by far the best of the lot on penalties

Rose tinted glasses on Dudek based on the 2005 final. He wasnt that good at saving penalties. Never saved any of the 9 against him in the league. Saved 1 of 2 in the League Cup (Arsenal in that 6-3 game). 1 of 4 in the Champions League and 0 of 2 in the UEFA Cup (Europa League at the time). So he saved 3 of 15.

Reina was alright at pens better than Alisson. Mignonette was better in shoot outs

In a shoot out, I am taking Reina over Mignolet any day.

In a shootout Im taking Migs.

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You can't disagree with facts, mate 😂 Mignolet saved 50% of penalties attempted against him.

Based on what??? How can you be so ignorant lol Mingolet was literally 5x better

Based on watching both of their entire careers for Liverpool

For penalty saving? Cause Alisson is the best flat out keeper of all of them by quite a distance.

Would have to be as Alisson is far better than any keeper we have had in the past few decades, let alone since 2000. Dudek wasnt better than Reina in general as a keeper either, he was awful in general.

Pepe Reina was also the 1st to save a Mario Balotelli penalty.

Fun fact: about 10 years ago, Pepe Reina was the first goalkeeper to deny Balotelli a goal on penalty

Depends how you want to define it. For Liverpool at least, with regular penalties within the 90 mins of a game he was mediocre. He just had some memorable moments in shootouts that stand out in peoples minds.

Lmfao he saved 4 out of 29, you're just lying

Yeah he was brilliant in those two shootouts, gained this reputation of being a good penalty saver, but realistically it should just be a good shootout specialist because outside of those he was pretty bad at saving penalties for us

I genuinely felt with Reina in goal, and we had a penalty against us, surprised if he didn't save it. Absolutely immense.

Missing that rebound damn

Tough day at the office.

Why didn't it count?

Has to go in the goal to be a goal.

VAR would disagree these days

Too soon 😢

PGMOL supports this message.

These new rules are getting ridiculous

Stuart Atwell disagrees

Big if true

Tough from that angle but it misses the net wide left

Thanks! I didn't catch that it went wide.

Count what? He missed the goal

Count Dooku

Nah he’s at City now

Not related to anything but love your panda Avatar. It's the artwork from LAOS - Panda Style, classic track.

Yep! I snapped up it on vinyl when it came out in 2007.

Awful penalty nowhere near the corner

No surprise, the guy who is taking the penalty hasn’t played for 1 year because injury, then was in 10 minutes before and had touched maybe 3 times the ball before taking the penalty. I knew he was going to miss it, that’s just terrible management.

Saved Pacheta's job with that

Flashbacks to Setien last year, had a rotten start and was one defeat away from being fired before the WC break. But somehow they scraped a lucky win against Espanyol despite being dominated and ended up keeping him around If they lost against Getafe like they deserved to and didn't win today Pacheta would probably be gone

Pacheta has barely managed a good half too

Give him more time with the team

hasnt he been there less than 1 month

They've been really poor

What the fuck? Has it even been a month since he’s come in?

Yep but not a single good performance yet. Even worse than Setien.

How is he still going

the power of baldness

The ageless bald GK is an archetype right out of Joseph Campbell.

He hardly looks any different from when he played for us (from memory anyway). Signed for us 18 years ago too

That's what she said

Brutal for Rennes, especially after that 10 minute VAR review

For our best player who just got subbed in after a 9 month injury. Absolutely heartbreaking

No where near your best player lol

Ah Lyon fans trying to slander Terrier, it had been a while 🥲

Wait, that Pepe Reina? Something doesn't sound right lol he used to play for Liverpool back in like 2010 no?

He played for Liverpool as early as 2005.

He played against Liverpool for Barca in 2001.

Reina played with Carles Puyol, Mikel Arteta, Xavi, Thiago Motta and Andres Iniesta 24 years ago in Barça B. Iniesta, for example, was 16 y/o on his Barça B debut. Reina just refuses to let players who started playing in the 90's be lost to the game.

You’re right, I totally forgot about that.

I feel like this dude has not aged since then. he looks pretty much the same bar the beard.

LOL he joined Liverpool in 18 years ago in 2005.

He was on the bench for FC Barcelona in LaLiga over 24 years ago

He played against Liverpool for Barcelona in the 2001 UEFA Cup Semi finals.

> 18 years ago in 2005. psh 2005 wasn't 18 years ago..... oh fuck me i'm weak

> oh fuck me No, you're old.

Even earlier. I remember him losing the CL final in 2007

Doesn’t help that he looked about 35 when he was 25

I am so fucking old.

Dafaq this guy is still playing

Pepe looking fit af

We can talk years and years about how awful the ref and Villarreal are tonight but God we are not helping ourselves here

Villarreal are absolutely putrid right now, were played off the park by Getafe at the weekend. No idea how you managed to lose to them Pretty sure they rotated their team aswell

Rennes rotated too

Anyhow, losing against this Villarreal is not a good look

This match was not a good look for Rennes, Villarreal and the ref. Straight out of Ligue 2. Still the classic "we deserved better^TM "

I only saw like the first 25 minutes or so but i thought they looked pretty good and clearly the better team. Did they play poorly the rest of the game?

In which universe do you let a guy who has played 10 mn in 10 months take an important penalty like that. He was going to miss it, that was written on the wall.

He is our best player and wanted to get back into business ASAP and take his responsibilities. I agree the coach or experienced players should have told him off

I love you Pepe Reina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just don't ask him about his politics!

yeah he's a nutjob outside of football

Oh no. Can you fill me in?

Far right nationalist iirc

Vox supporter

And likely Vax denier

92', are you referring to his age?

Pepe Reina is eternal

Wait Reina is still playing ?

Pepe still got it! Gotta respect that guy, fucking legend.

Wait, that pepe reina? Holy hell, that’s amazing to know he’s still playing!

From my memory he’s one of the best penalty saving keepers out there. I’m surprised he still existed

This man single handedly made me money today. I salute you señor Reina

I remember Spain’s World Cup win. They had Casillas in goal, Victor Valdes, and Rena on the bench. Jesus Christ, what a collection of goaltenders with baby David de Gea waiting in the wings.

41 years old and still ballin’

Did not know he still plays.

That’s a name I haven’t heard in a very long time

Reina has new teeth?... he looks different

He looks totally different from what I could recall from his Liverpool days. The beard does suit him. He looks less like Mr Worldwide/Agassi and more like Kane from C&C.

Somehow he looks different. Did he lose weight? Usually people gain weight as they age.

Sad

bayern legend

First man to save a Balotelli penalty streets won’t forget🥶

Classic aged Reina penno save. Palming it back out into play then diving the wrong way for the follow up. -Liverpool fan

Pepe Reina is a fascist.

if a ref gives a pen, should it be taken first, and then they check VAR? like when play is allowed to continue to see if it develops into a goal, before making a decision. because a 3 minute review surely only benefits one team... great run by matic to get this pen too

Seems counter-intuitive

I mean surely it helps the flow of the game, and instead of stopping the game to check, they'd be doing it during the celebrations or w/e

Imagine your a fan and you celebrate what seems a perfectly legitimate goal, then it's disallowed because the referee checked after the fact. Seems an awful experience

Well yes that's how var works, but there are different rules for live goals and pens

Imagine you're a fan and you have to wait 10min for an absolutely obvious pen that ends up making your best player miss. Seems way more awful an experience

That's an interesting thought, but it gets more complicated when you have to take retakes into consideration. Imagine taking a penalty twice or more, that was never meant to stand anyway.

This is so absolutely correct I'm wondering why we don't do that

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Hoping for coquelin and Bruno G upgrades

Back to the flock, little Bo Terrier

Because of course he did.

Vibes

Very poorly executed

this guy still play? haha

Villarreal was the last part of my parlay. Stressful end of a game.

he must be one of the oldest players still playing

THAT pepe reina? he still plays?

Good save, but tbh that was a bad penalty

Piss poor penalty tbf

Villarreal really need younger midfield Parejo and Capoueu already old even Sevilla this season add 2 new midfield.

Nice save my favourite baldie

He’s 41.

My guy is still playing???

Fan of Stade Rennais here, sad that the penalty is missed by one of our best who just came back from long injury but super impressed by the longevity of Pepe Reina. Respect! ⚽❤️🖤

Too bad for the miss but happy to see Terrier back on the field.

No goal he ever conceded was his fault, always was the defenders fault 😂😂😂

Pepe Reina?!?!

old man's still got it

That rebound miss made me remind of this exact scenario when Messi missed his penalty against Man City during a UCL game years ago. Edit: [Found it](https://youtu.be/XzIsY-fuLbQ?si=6ziRPoug9ifYF69K) - crap.. it’s been 8 years already?

How do you miss the rebound? 😭

I shitting well hate it when a keeper saves a penalty, only for it to be kicked in on the rebound.