Gimenez at Milan, the analysis of the purchase: what does it do, characteristics

Exalted, idealized by the children, sought by the girls, then out of fashion, shrunk, sent into exile, in the end returned in all his dignity: he, the center forward, is the protagonist of the Milan market. AC Milan with Santiago Gimenez has a pure center forward again, and that’s enough to open a new size. Alvaro Morata, who remains a strong player, was not a pure 9: with Fonseca he moved, retraced, sometimes he played openly as a midfielder. Gimenez no, he is a left -hander, he is good in the area, he likes to take the ball, turn around and point the door. Above all, it scores, that it will be trivial but in this game it remains the most important thing. Santiago in the season scored a goal every 76 minutes, which for Holland is also a nice number.

what a player is

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Gimenez knows how to defend ball, he is sought to develop the game and in the area he knows how to mark in many ways. Looking at his goals and his play on Wyscout, they hit the head goals, not so obvious for a 182 centimeter player, and the ability to receive the ball and play it quickly. Santiago is not a dribber and technically he is good, not sensational, but he knows how to do many things and in the area he makes himself felt. Conceiçao will like: in his career he almost always had a physical center forward and at the port he also played with two real tips. Taremi and Evanilson, for example.

Key numbers

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The numbers are with him, not so much in Holland -7 goals in 11 games -, as in the Champions League. Santi is the best striker of this edition for goals per minute (one every hour, almost exactly) and for a realization percentage (63%): pure striker numbers. The reassuring face, green eyes, the polite greeting and almost shy on arrival in Linate not deceived: saints in Holland forgiven little. The data that affects the most, however, is that of the touches for goals: 17.6, the lowest of the Champions League. Morata is at 158 ​​… clarifies that Gimenez does not participate in the game but deals with the end of the book: the goal. He returns to the mind a sensational statistics of Hugo Sanchez, who in 1989-90 scored 38 goals in Liga with Real Madrid, all of before.

three pros and three against

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In short, Gimenez can help Milan, even if the graft remains a delicate operation for at least three substantial reasons. Italy is not Holland, here the penalty area is a city, not a country landscape: the defenders fill it and Santiago will not have around him the space that is seen in the synthesis of his goals. The setting in a new nation, with the pressure of San Siro, is not easy for anyone. And – third – Milan with Conceiçao attacks less than Feyenoord, superior to almost all the opponents in Eredivisie. The other side of the moon, however, makes Milan smile smile. Leao and Pulisic are level attacking companions and will take away attention, while Reijders has times and foot to reward Santiago’s movements. The competition of Abraham, then, is right to give Gimenez a little rest but not thoughts from the bench. On paper, there is everything. From Wednesday we start.