2024-03-05 15:21:35
The former Paris SG striker, under fire from criticism for weeks, delivered a brilliant performance with the Argentine club.
A hat-trick in a quarter of an hour after months of drought: Edinson Cavani, the former star striker of Celeste and Paris SG, finally scored with his Argentinian club Boca Juniors, and made the legendary stand up audience of the Bombonera.
Welcomed like a rock star in Buenos Aires last summer, “The matador”between injuries and lack of efficiency, had been silent since mid-October, and was beginning to seriously despair the most loyal of his admirers… A heartbreaker for the 37-year-old player, who came to Buenos Aires after 15 years in Europe to imitate the one who made him dream as a child – his compatriot Sergio Martinez says “Butter”star striker for Boca Juniors in the 1990s.
But, after 594 minutes without scoring, the sky suddenly cleared on Sunday evening above the head of the former international during a D1 match against Belgrano, a modest team from Cordoba (center).
Author of the equalizer on a penalty (63rd minute), the attacker hastened to reproduce his famous celebration where he mimes shooting an arrow with a bow. And he only took a few minutes to find the net again, scoring two other goals in the game, with a small dive (73rd) then a powerful recovery from 6m (79th).
“I am very happy with my match and everything it means”Cavani rejoiced after allowing «Boca» to win 3-2, a victory which places the Buenos Aires club in fifth place (out of 14) in Group B of the first division.
“To my family”
As tradition dictates in the event of «hat trick»the Uruguayan had previously recovered the ball for his hat-trick.
“I’m giving it to my family. She is the one who supports me every day and who gives me that extra desire… They are one of those invisible people who support me, help me through difficult times and believe in me the most”commented on «Matador»author of more than 350 goals during his prolific career in Europe (in Palermo, Naples, Paris, Manchester United and Valencia).
Did he doubt a lot during his period of scarcity, while the spans of the Bombonera continued to shout and sing “Cavani’s goals are coming”? “As a striker, the only way to get through these times is to keep training”explained the player soberly.
At the end of 2022, in Doha, the striker with 58 goals in 236 caps left Uruguay in ultimate disillusionment, after the elimination of Celeste in the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar.
Put back in the saddle by this hat-trick, Edinson Cavani, whose contract with Boca expires at the end of the year, can now dream of a much better epilogue at club, and of a final trophy which would notably be added to the six French champion titles gleaned with PSG.
An appointment is made next weekend, with the Sunday reception of Racing, a heavyweight in the Argentine championship and currently 4th in group B.
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