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Reims coach Still offers advice to Balogun after Nice penalty failure

Arsenal wonderkid Folarin Balogun has been told to keep his head up after a mistake this weekend.

The striker, who is in red hot form in Ligue 1 this season with Reims on loan, missed a penalty.

He won the spot kick in the 55th minute against Nice, with Jean-Clair Todibo fouling him.

However, he missed his chance to score another league goal, with his side only managing a 0-0 draw.

Speaking after the game, manager Will Still stated: "He's very disappointed. Very, very disappointed, but it happens, and I told him at the end of the match that it was not the end of the world.

"The best players in the world, be it Zinedine Zidane or Thierry Henry have missed a penalty at some point. It's part of football.

"It's a detail and one that we'll try to correct. He's the first to recognize that, and he expects a lot of himself, and he wants to score goals. But it's nothing too serious."

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