Sivera breaks his 25-penalty streak: “A bit ridiculous”

The Alavés goalkeeper Antonio Sivera was the difference at San Mamés: the team took a point and, above all, he stopped a penalty by Oihan Sancet in the second half. MARCA highlights that it was a special moment because Sivera had suffered a run of 25 penalties conceded in LaLiga without ever saving one in his previous 123 matches in the top flight.

The decisive save

According to MARCA, the stop arrived at a key time. In recent visits Alavés had struggled to threaten—few shots on target—but this match the balance tipped at the other end. Sivera collected six saves, and his penalty stop helped secure a result that would have been much harder without him.

The run— and his words

MARCA points to Sivera’s last penalty save before this drought: it came in Tenerife on December 7, 2022, when Enric Gallego was the taker. The outlet also notes that five days earlier he had stopped another penalty, with Uzuni stepping up.

After the game, Sivera told DAZN he wasn’t even thinking about the statistics while the match was going on: “Honestly, with how involved I was in the game, I wasn’t thinking about the data. It’s true it’s a bit of a ridiculous stat… Today I’ve been able to break the streak and get the best out for the group.” Quique Sánchez Flores echoed the same idea: “We’re happy that good things happen to us, like drawing at San Mamés, or that Sivera has once again saved a penalty,” MARCA reports.

With his clean sheet (third time in seven matchdays), Sivera’s performance doesn’t just swing a single game—it also builds confidence right when the keeper is crucial to the team, as MARCA notes.