He came to Boedo with a goal average of 0.17 in his long career, which includes more than a decade in Europe. In San Lorenzo, the statistics were enlarged if the eleven games between officials and friendlies in which he was without celebrating are taken into account. However, this Saturday, Franco Di Santo’s drought was cut.
After Diego Dabove has decided to leave the starting team to play the friendly against Gimnasia with the substitutes, The 31-year-old from Mendoza scored his first two goals with the Cyclone jersey. The first pushing her to the edge of the small area behind Menossi’s center and the second, from a penalty, with an impossible cross definition for Tomás Durso.
Of Santo, that has acknowledged not being “a 9 scorer”, Thus ends a drought in his match number 12 with the Cyclone jacket. In total, there were six games in the Diego Maradona Cup (three of them as a starter), with 386 official minutes on the court, and five preseason games, four with Soso and one in the new cycle.
1️⃣ Toquecito and inside, that’s how Di Santo opened the account.
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Questioned by the fans, Dabove took it upon himself to give him credit in his last statements. “We are calm with him. He went through a stage that is the return to Argentina after many years and had to adapt to this football that is so rigid, competitive and in which a lot is marked. It’s very good. We know that it will be very important to us “He said yesterday, although today, of course, he played for the substitute formation.
3️⃣ Crossed, down and against a stick, Di Santo’s penalty goal.
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A week after starting to play for points for the League Cup, who will be the 9th starter for San Lorenzo? Will you continue to bench Diaz tank that today was part of the starting eleven? OR Di Santo, with this double, will he be considered again?
