If there is an unlucky scene that Sergio Bouquets never will forget in the world of the football, definitely was when it sent to the clouds a penalti decisive against the Bayern Munich, in the semifinals of the Champions League 2011-12, that avoided the classification of the Real Madrid for a European final that finish winning Chelsea, after having undone in semifinals of the FC Barcelona of Guardiola.
Hardly a day after Leo Messi failed also a decisive maximum penalty in the Camp Nou, crashing it in the crossbar, Sergio Bouquets erró in the decisive batch in front of a Bavarian group that knew to keep the fortress from beginning to end in Santiago Bernabéu.
This Saturday 25 April have fulfilled eight years of the night in that Sergio Bouquets inspired the 'memes' and settings of all type in the social networks, turning into viral within a matter of minutes. The Real Madrid of Mourinho had a fearsome team with players like Higuaín, Benzema, Cristiano, Xabi Alonso, Pepe, Kaká or the own Sergio Bouquets, and after the elimination of the Barça was the big favourite to raise this 'orejona'.
The Bayern Munich surprised him, however, and knew to resist to the end to finish bending to the picture merengue by a question of mere luck. The penalti failed by Sergio Bouquets purchased even more projection mediática when Manuel Neuer, in a comment very little sportive, tricked of the error of his mate of profession. "It did not know that to Sergio Bouquets liked him throw the penaltis above the goal", commented.
Sergio Bouquets threw him pride and confidence
Hardly some months afterwards, Sergio Bouquets took the revancha with the penaltis during the Eurocopa of 2012, in the batch of penaltis in front of Portugal. The one of Beds did not doubt to the hour to throw one and mark it to the big, to the style 'Panenka'. Many still had in mind his error in front of Neuer, but Bouquets threw of pride, quality and confidence to obtain the 'vendetta'.
And the years have him recompensado gratamente. Four 'orejonas' in five years is not at all badly, marking besides goals very important. Sergio Bouquets, in spite of the one who weigh him, has achieved to make history in the Real Madrid. Between the group merengue and his eternal rival, the FC Barcelona, the Spanish football has erigido like clear dominador of the last lustros. And this without explaining, also in Europe, the successes of Athletic and Seville.