Lor from Maxi Gomez It has gone from a bad streak to a structural problem. Do not mark. And that is serious. He contributes to the team, but he does not see the door. The horrible sensations that he transmits in front of goal are endorsed with data. Very hard numbers that lead him to become the striker with the least goal in the League in 2021. Ten months of the calendar year and the Uruguayan has only done four goals in the national championship. To start trembling.
Any other starting striker of the First team or recently promoted or relegated has more goals than the Uruguayan. There are very exaggerated cases with which it hurts to compare it. With the top-of-the-line teams it is almost humiliating. Messi 23 goals in 21 games with Barcelona. Benzemá, 24 in 30 with Real Madrid. Luis Suárez, 19 in 32 games at Atlético. Moreno, 16 in 24 with Villarreal. In Nessyri, 16 at 31 with Sevilla. Isak, 17 at 29 with Real Sociedad. The comparison certainly hurts.
But it is more evident when one goes to teams with less offensive power and realizes that their forwards tend to pull the car. Santi Mina has scored fifteen goals in 31 games in 2021. Joselu 12 in 33 for Alavés. Morales 11 for Levante at 34. Borja Iglesias 13 at 29 for Betis. Budimir 9 in 24 for Osasuna …
The list is endless. No striker has scored fewer goals in 2021 than Maxi. A footballer for whom Valencia paid close to 40 million of euros and whose smell has disappeared. His work for the team is undeniable and for the team’s coaches he has been the undisputed starter. But a goal every 600 minutes is a ratio that a center forward cannot bear.
No assists
The truth is that the great defense of Maxi to continue playing as a starter is the ability to fight and win balls to the rival defense. but the data leaves you in two goal assists in 27 games disputed. Undoubtedly a figure that strips him in his ability to make the rest hit. In fact, Maxi He is the team’s third goalscorer in a calendar year behind Soler (10) and Guedes (7).
