“After a long break, the goal has finally arrived. When you have a strong desire to achieve something, you have found a very powerful reason to overcome obstacles.” The phrase written on social networks by Zoran Djurdjevic As soon as the match in Albacete finished, he perfectly describes Djuka’s spirit of resilience so as not to get carried away by what has been the greatest drought of his entire career. In Albacete, he put point and end to a problem that seemed endless: 197 days and 1,473 minutes without scoring. Renewed in the summer for five years in an operation considered strategic for the Orlegi Group when it landed in Gijón, Sporting’s management set out to increase the margin of confidence with the striker, highly valued internally. One of the most delicate moments came in the days after the Copa del Rey match at the Los Pajaritos stadium, in Soria, when he was sent off a few minutes after entering the field for protesting to the referee.
That episode, which caused the team to run out of margin, close to incurring in an improper alignment, later led to some discrepancy internally. Abelardo then advocated maintaining a tougher attitude with “23” making him see that what happened was a serious chapter. david guerraInstead, he chose to reduce the tension and soften that episode. Although his salary status places him at the top of the squad and his figures were not in line with expectations – he had just scored 37 goals in two years – at Orlegi Djuka has always been considered a great asset. A player who also enjoys a good poster in the market.
The example of its price, some sources maintain, was evidenced on the last day of the winter market. Valladolid picked up the phone to ask in Mareo for Djuka to relieve Weissman, despite the fact that the rojiblanco striker had barely two goals in the Second Division. In the summer, his agents already collected offers from Mexico, the United States and the Austrian Lask, as LA NUEVA ESPAÑA revealed. Miguel Angel Ramirez, in tune with the directive, has endured the attacker’s worst streak through minutes and confidence. He initially gave the opportunity to other attackers (Campuzano). Two weeks ago the coach and the Balkan had a meeting in Mareo where he showed his confidence.
The day by day and the increasing performance in the last matches –against Tenerife he already improved his performance– has led MAR to value the Balkan striker as the first sword of an attack that accumulates troops, but is denied in front of goal. Djuka has become a starter without discussion in the last stretch of the Leaguein front of Campuzano, Milo y Jeraldino. Cristo is considered more of a link than a box striker. The goal in Albacete places the striker as the second foreigner with the most goals in the club’s history (60), surpassing one of the most important nine in recent times (Bilic, 59 goals). The first is far away: the legend Enzo Ferrero (91 goals).