Written in THE SPORTS he 17/9/2024 · 16:52 hs
Raúl Alonso Jiménez is regaining his form in Europe. He is the only Mexican who scores in the best league in the world, but he has not yet reached the level of the striker to be called up to El Tri. Now the former American player has shown his quality from the 11 steps and scored two penalties in the same shootout, but it was not enough against Fulham in the Carabao Cup.
Last Saturday, Fulham faced West Ham in an all-Mexican Premier League clash. Raúl started ‘Raullando’ and scored at 24 after a good play. He was seconds away from giving his team the victory, but Edson Álvarez’s men made it 1-1 in the 95th minute.
Did Raul Jimenez score two penalties for Fulham?
- Fulham faced Preston on Tuesday in the third round of the Carabao Cup.
- Preston took the lead in the 35th minutebut Fulham scored the equaliser in the 61st minute thanks to Reiss Nelson.
- Raúl did not start as a starter and came in to be the team’s key from the 11 steps, his specialty.
- The match went to penalties because no one could score the tie-breaking goal.
- The session was very long; There were 31 penalties in total and Raúl Alonso had two shots.
- Jiménez took the first and scored it; for the second, shot 12, The goalkeeper tried to hold on to try to stop it, but the Mexican put it high and cornered so that it was impossible for the goalkeeper.
- Despite Raul’s complicated task, his team missed the 16th shot and was eliminated by a second division club.
- The club is 12th in the Premier League with 5 points in their first 4 duels, the result of 1 victory, 2 draws and only one lost match.
- Fulham return to action this Saturday, September 21 when facing Newcastle.
- There is no Carabao Cup anymore, but let’s hope that Raúl Jiménez continues scoring to be called up to Javier Aguirre’s El Tri.
