Torres turned down penalty.

According to Juan Mata, who took the penalty and missed, Torres turned down the opportunity to grab his first goal since October.

I asked Fernando if he wanted to take it because he had won the penalty,' said Mata.

'But he said "I'm not first on the list to shoot" and so he did not take it. 'Fernando is my friend and I try to help him.

'I don't know why he didn't take it.




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2111970/Fernando-Torres-snubbed-penalty-chance-claims-Juan-Mata.html

Raptorgunner wrote:'I don't know why he didn't take it.

Really, Mata?

torres needs a sports psychologist. he's in really bad shape mentally it seems

With that kind of mentality he will never get any better.

He needs some confidence. Physically he still has a bit left in him.

his block is mental you can see him doing great with dribbles and runs until he reaches the box than he misses.

He might refused it because he wants to score from ingame and if thats the thing big respect

I agree it's definitely a mental block. Huge pressure on him from the start because of his reputation and transfer fee, and now it looks like the media and critics have got even Torres himself believing that he sucks. The sh1t that Chelsea is going through right now isn't helping, either.

He still makes good plays but you can see that when he has to finish, he just goes blank and makes the wrong choice or thinks too much and bottles it.

Hypnosis is the key, it seems that it was suggested by the club however turned down by Torres.

This is it. If Torres can't overcome this mental weakness and insecurity, he's finished as a striker. It really is that simple. Sure, he may blunder into the rare goal, but he will never be a true threat. The best strikers/athletes are those that have faith in themselves no matter how bad their recent performance. If he no longer has that, the game's over.

Torres doesn't count penalties as real goals

Ronaldo :vagi:

Lex wrote:Torres doesn't count penalties as real goals

Ronaldo :vagi:

Torres doesnt count anything as a real goal these days

Wow

Pretty sad really. If only he was an arrogant, self loving player he would have no issue(serious, no sarcasm).

He's never been known as much as a penalty taker anyways, still though he shouldn't have bottled his chance.

Although maybe its like deviangel says, wants to get out of his draught the proper way and the hard way but I personally doubt thats the case.

Um.....what

Torres hasn't taken penalties since his days at Atletico ffs...why would he start now?

BhritanniaBhlue wrote:Um.....what

Torres hasn't taken penalties since his days at Atletico ffs...why would he start now?

To get his first goal in I don't even want to think about how long.

Torres is scoring this weekend.I can feel it.

Should of taken it, potentially could of helped him a lot if he scored.

Imagine he missed though

Lex wrote:Imagine he missed though

Can't really get any worse...

I don't get it man...........nino scored a quality quality goal against United....had an amazing game......I can't wrap my head around this mess.

Nino

Tim Howard- ...

He really should have taken it. One would question how much a penalty would have upped his confidence though. Probably more than not taking it- but if he misses...? Even worse.

Le Samourai wrote:Torres is scoring this weekend.I can feel it.

i hope so. i'm sick of this story, it's so sad.

If he had scored that pen though, everyone here would have been like "only way he can score goals these days"

I, for one, still have faith that he'll come good. I'm entirely content to wait for that.

Turning down that penalty speaks volumes about who he is as a player in many ways. I choose to interpret that he would rather score the way a striker of his calibre should score and that's from open play. As pointed out, he never really was a peno taker anyway though so the whole situation, while interesting, is decidedly academic.