Maximiliano benozzi
09/19/2021 11:12 PM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 09/19/2021 11:12 PM
He has the five manual built into his whole being
. In the head, the body and the spirit. He shows it in every game.
From the center of the court, Enzo Pérez exhibits his talent
, the one that led him to build a magnificent career and that keeps him current at 35 years of age. Once again he was the figure of a party. This time against Arsenal that closed and fought a River that had to be very patient to find the victory that keeps it two points from the top of the local championship. And the Mendoza was key so that the team of the Doll did not lose its composure in the Monumental.
"The greatest virtue we had was that we never lost patience and we were always in control of the game,"
said Pérez at the end of the match. And he added: “We knew that Arsenal was going to close and seek a tie. But we were able to overcome the obstacles that were presented to us and the result fell short because of what we did in the 90 minutes.
We scored the goal and we ended up tight, but because afterwards we couldn't kill him at the game
”.
And so he continued with his analysis: “It was difficult for us to get into Arsenal.
They put together up to a line of six behind, but we knew it could be posed that way.
So, we are talking about not losing your head, of keeping calm, because if you lose your head in this type of game, with these teams you can look bad and expose yourself to a counterattack.
But we kept him in his field throughout the game. "
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Enzo Pérez was the great figure on the field: "The virtue I find today is that we never lost patience, we were always in control of the game."
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Because of how the game happened, with a
River that had 77 percent possession of the ball and that kicked 25 times to the rival goal
, for Enzo the 1-0 was meager. “
The result is inexplicable, as was the other day the other way around
(4-1 at Newell's) but the games are like that. The important thing is that we won and that we closely followed those at the top since we did not have to lose footing to continue fighting for the championship. Luckily we got the three points ”, commented Pérez.
According to Sudanalytics, a football data account, Enzo was the player with the most passes completed (108), having a 93% efficiency; with more passes in the rival field completed (84) and 3 key passes, one of them that left Nicolás De La Cruz alone with Medina; and in the first half he had been
the footballer with the most passes to rival field (43) in the first half
. That last record marks that the Mendoza always goes forward, as requested by Marcelo Gallardo. His passes are not inconsequential, they are always intentional and with a search, whether to open the court, give the team volume or break lines.
So clean and neat was Enzo Pérez against Arsenal that he almost did not commit fouls.
In the previous one they had talked about what he would do with respect to the yellow ones since he had reached four and one more would have allowed him to be clean for the Superclásico
, which will be in two weeks after the match against Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero.
But the central midfielder did not speculate.
Now, continuing with four cautions, Enzo will take the risk at Madre de Ciudad on Saturday.
There he will have to take care of himself for others.
One more card will leave him out of the clash with Boca.
And River is not there to afford that luxury.
You need more than ever to have the Mendoza, your leader on the field of play.
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