In football you dream of goals
.
It is possible that there are some individuals who project themselves into miraculous saves or prodigious qualifications.
But celebrating a goal with your team's shirt in a packed stadium is the dream of all football lovers.
And those who have the opportunity to realize their fantasies are lucky.
Also, they have a giant magnifying glass on their backs because of how much is expected of them.
In
Boca
, Edinson Cavani
is suffering
with a negative streak that is inappropriate for his monumental career as a serial scorer.
Miguel Borja
went from replacement to indispensable in
Martín Demichelis
'
River
.
Something similar happened with
Adam Bareiro
, who was resisted in his first cycle in
San Lorenzo
and is now captain and reference.
A commonplace:
Adrián Martínez
in
Racing
is wonderful.
Gabriel Ávalos
, meanwhile, suffers from the irregularities of
Carlos Tevez
's
Independiente
.
Thus, to understand the place that the teams occupy in the standings and to determine what they are playing, it is enough to
zoom
in on their area forwards.
Miguel Borja
had to fight to find this moment in River.
He started from behind in the consideration of Demichelis, who preferred the Venezuelan Salomón Rondón and Lucas Beltrán.
The explanation was football: the coach of the Núñez team likes that the forwards go out to play, that they have mobility.
The 31-year-old Colombian doesn't fill that box, of course, but he is infallible when the ball comes to him.
And River is an ideal place for a finishing attacker
because it is a team that accumulates midfield players forward and because it generates numerous chances per game.
Miguel Borja.
(AFP)
Hummingbird
's numbers
explain it:
30 goals in 68 games in River
.
This season, he celebrated 6 times in 397 minutes played;
that is, one scream every 66 minutes.
More: of a total of 16 shots, 10 were on goal.
“Miguel feels much more like a protagonist.
Emotional is everything for a player.
He needs that support and that trust.
He is the best 9 in Argentine football, but he does not have to relax
,” Demichelis praised him weeks ago.
The opposite face these days is
Edinson Cavani
(37), an attacker who weighs every minute on the court.
And the attacker cannot blame the team: Boca generates situations.
For example, in the duel against Sarmiento on the second date played on the San Lorenzo court, the Uruguayan wasted five clear chances.
There are 440 goals that the Matador has in his career, although in Boca he only shouted 3 times in 20 duels
.
This season it is dry in 205 minutes;
He did not hit the goal once in five attempts.
Edinson Cavani.
(AFP)
“Against Sarmiento, all the passes that Boca gave went to Cavani because he marked them at the moment he had to mark them. For me, he played better than the rest of the forwards. That's why it's hard for me when I watch the games on TV. He made the movements perfect, the ball is going to go in. We are happy with him. Let's hope that some discomfort goes away and he can help the team
, "
Juan Román Riquelme defended him.
Miguel Merentiel (28), the Uruguayan who found his place in the world in Boca, walks along the opposite path to Cavani.
The Beast
, who usually shares the attack with his compatriot,
scored 21 goals in 57 games
for Xeneize.
A particular case is that of
Adrián Martínez
(31), the unexpected letter from Gustavo Costas.
In the popular imagination,
Maravilla
came to be an alternative to Roger Martínez.
But an untimely injury to the Colombian and the unwavering faith of the coach catapulted the former Instituto, who experienced an afternoon of glory by scoring the goal in Racing's 1-0 victory in the classic against Independiente in the Libertadores de América-Ricardo Enrique Bochini.
We have the #YPFInfiniaPlayer of the month of February.
We stand up to congratulate Andrián Martínez, from @RacingClub.
⚽ Goals: 6
🤝 Passing effectiveness 72%
🙌 Assists: 1@YPFoficial pic.twitter.com/IpEQhd10s2
— Professional Football League (@LigaAFA) February 28, 2024
Maravilla
is an ideal player for what Costas intends: he presses for the exit, goes out to play, makes passes.
And he scores goals: he has 6 goals in 527 minutes (one goal every 87 minutes; 8 shots on goal in 17 tests).
“We knew him from Paraguay.
There he won a final against us and scored two goals for us.
That's why we look for it.
He is a striker who presses high, who does not let his rivals get comfortable and has a goal
,” explained Costas.
Gabriel Ávalos
(33) is the footballer who suffers the most from Independiente's irregular performance,
who scored 5 goals in the 7 games he played in the Cup
.
He does not find a defined idea for Carlos Tevez's team, he abuses the balls and plays little depending on his scorer: he does not attack from the wings and changes formation and scheme from one date to another.
A symptom:
the Paraguayan did not score in 610 minutes in Rojo
;
He has only 2 shots on goal out of 16 attempts.
Likewise, Ávalos is recognized for how he gives himself in each of the games and for his contribution in set pieces against him.
Adam Bareiro.
(Telam)
The story of
Adam Bareiro
(27) in San Lorenzo can be summarized with the word patience.
The Paraguayan had a first cycle (2019-2020) in which he was looked at askance after a missed penalty against Rosario Central (he tried to bite her).
He left with just 4 goals and his return in 2022 did not raise many hopes. But the attacker waited for his moment and everything changed when the goal opened for him.
It is also true that Ruben Insua's defensive Ciclón plays a lot on the wings to assist him.
In this Cup, the captain scored 3 goals and already has 36 celebrations in 106 games.
The popular saying goes that goals are loves.
And there are the forwards of the big teams, seeking to unleash passions.