Among the sea of tattoos that cover his skin Roger hides some coordinates. They are not from the place where he met the love of his life, nor from the place where he enjoys his hidden vacations. No. They are the coordinates of the stadium in which he scored his first goal as a professional. That already defines you.
Roger’s goal (1-0) at Levante 1-0 Villarreal
Roger scored on Wednesday night the most important goal in the recent history of Levante. The goal that gets the Granota team into the semifinals of the Copa del Rey and brings them closer than ever to their first title, to their first final. And it could not be another. The Torrente boy is an explosion, an earthquake every time he jumps onto the field. A rabid scorer, permanently angry, but with the instinct of the greats.
The two knee ligament tears have made it out of titanium. There are times when his character leads him to expulsions or hooked, he has had some with Paco Lpez, who does not help him, but without that constant bad temper, that anger, that daily fury, it would not be him.
Nicknamed the gunman, from a photo he has in his parents’ room dressed as a cowboy, he always makes the gesture of the pistols to dedicate his goals to him. He is a partner in his hometown of a gym whose motto is: “Your only limit is you. “ Tireless worker, last year he self-imposed one week of vacation, Roger has never stopped scoring goals.
This campaign has been in the bag for ten and last season more of the same. In fact, Barcelona, after Suarez’s injury, knocked on the door but Quico Cataln closed it at full speed. Roger was the chosen one before Braithwaite. He stayed and continued on his line. Goals and more goals. But always with anger, like the one on Wednesday night in Orriols. 120 minutes and a breakout goal, like himself.
