He has new tactical tasks and knows how to hit the big players. This season he has already scored in Roma and Lazio
It won’t be a normal evening. Tomorrow Giovanni Simeone will find Napoli again and for ninety minutes he will have before his eyes that blue that for three years, from 2022 to last summer, was part of his life. Numbers sometimes lie: the 103 appearances – only 19 as a starter -, the 2430 minutes spent on the pitch, i 14 goals hey 4 assists they only partially tell what Diego’s son represented for the city and for the team. And even the suggestion of having been the first Argentine to win a scudetto – or rather two – in Naples after Diego Armando Maradona goes up to a certain point. The relationship that Simeone has built with the people weighs more, his willingness to satisfy all the needs of the team, his ability to be ready when needed. All above all character qualities, which in fact he is confirming in these first months in the grenade.
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Cholito arrived in Turin at the beginning of August and immediately embraced the cause, with one participation which goes well beyond those who see in the new adventure the possibility of playing more than in the past. The first act, particularly significant, was the visit to Superga on the eve of the start of the championship, a gesture that tells a lot about his sensitivity and how his ancient militancy in River Plate – a club twinned with Toro since May 1949, when the friendly River-Torino Simbolo was played at the Comunale in memory of the victims of Superga – gave him a deep respect for the grenade. “I know that there is a need for spirited people here, Toro has always been like this – he then said in his first interview on the club’s web channels -. In this respect I can give a lot. Then the fans will decide whether I am a Toro or not. I will certainly give everything”.
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After the first six days of the championship the fans can already give a convinced answer. Simeon he has scored so far two goals: a beautiful one built with a 60 meter ride for the victory against the Rome at the Olimpico, and one of great opportunism against the Laziobeing ready on the line in the small area after a clearance from Provedel. In six Serie A matches the Argentine has always moved without sparing himself, going forward pressuredirtying the passing lines of the opponents, lowering himself to create spaces and let the team move up or looking for plays and ideas close to the area. Movements And attitude as a first striker, which he has been for most of the time at the start of the championship.
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In recent weeks, however, Marco Baroni has been working with ever greater conviction on a two-pronged attack. It was also partly seen against Lazio, when Simeone himself played in a segment of the second half alongside Che Adamswho had previously always relieved him in a relay team. A new structure for Torino’s attack and new tasks for Cholito, regardless of who will be the man designated to partner him up front. During the break, the Argentine striker worked continuously at Philadelphia, following a specific program to improve his fitness. Tomorrow at the Olimpico Grande Torino, he will show up at Napoli looking polished.
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