“If you ask me if I would have him on my team, I would say yes emphatically”. The coach of Sevilla, Julen Lopetegui, has never shied away from questions about his football tastes. At least, when he is not in full competition. The admiration and infatuation of him for the Crown Tecatito It was an open secret, so much so that his name sounded almost the same in the bowels of the Sanchez-Pizjuan before his signing as right now, when he has become one of the team’s benchmarks. The Basque coach insisted to the boredom of the leaders in hiring him. Summer of 2020 and 2021. Water. The Port requested a major transfer. The parties knew how to wait and now the Mexican shines with his own light in Spain defending the shirt of the Seville.
Obviously, it has not been to arrive and kiss the Saint. Despite his good individual performance almost since he landed in January, Lopetegui has had to find the perfect fit for number ‘9’. Put his technical quality at the service of Sevilla and in the best possible place, seeing the rest of his teammates. tecatito He has played on the right and left, and even starting from the side. His natural space in Portugal was the right, although Julen He has been turning his game towards the other band, where he really does damage with his one on one. Playing closer to the goal he asked him to be definitive. “It is one of my weaknesses, an extraordinary player”, Lopetegui said months ago. Now that she is close to him again, she feels that he has not made a mistake.
Because Jesus Crown accumulates in the last four games two goals and two assists, with four goal passes in total. He gave it to Ocampos in the duel against Grenade, breaking inside on a long pass. A play almost traced to the goal of lick it before him real Madrid. He was breaking in speed to a frontal pass. They penalized him, but the ball ended up inside the goal. The goals against I raised They are similar plays. He steps on the area without anyone noticing his presence and attacks the precise space to generate the scoring opportunity. He had set himself homework when it came to sign with Sevilla. He wanted to contribute goals as well as assists. He begins to shine since he understands what his new club needs from him. A magician with the ball at his feet who must go in like a knife in butter when he doesn’t have it.
The endorsement of your peers
And not only Lopetegui speaks wonders of what the Crown Tecatito to Seville. Monchi He knew of his potential some time ago, although until January 2022 he was unable to undertake his hiring. “In the 2019-20 season he was named the best footballer in the Portuguese championship. I can contribute little that we don’t all already know. Corona is a player of a very high level”Said the sports director. More recently, Oliver Torres he was full of praise for his friend: “It’s different. He’s going to have great evenings here in Seville, where he likes magic. He has those flashes of crack that they like so much at the Sánchez Pizjuán”. And even Jordan, on MARKdefined Aztec football: “He is a tremendous player. Tremendous. He goes to space, haggles, with incredible talent And it’s going to give us a lot.” tecatito has landed on his feet Sanchez-Pizjuan. A new idol with a notable impact on Lopetegui’s Sevilla model.
