Without continuity in Elche, Spanish club with which He has played just seven games in all of 2022 (in none of these did he complete the 90 minutes), the Argentine midfielder Javier Pastore sought new directions for his career and landed in the latter transfer market in Sports club of Qatar.
El Flaco, the one who dazzled in the Hurricane From Angelo Cappa and who went to Europe as a great promise, put an end to his adventure in the Old Continent without getting everything expected of him, despite also accumulating 269 appearances for the powerful paris saint germain and played in the World Cup South Africa 2010. Today, at the age of 33, he has chosen the path of money and moved on to Qatari football. And he debuted this Sunday.
His team faced, as visitors, Al-Markhiya for the 13th date of the local tournament. Pastore had a day to forget: He came on early in the second half, was sent off after 79 minutes of play and his side lost 4-0. He started off on the right foot. Yes, with the right one with which he struck a violent iron on the left ankle of Talal Al Shila, the number ‘8’ of his rival.
Pastore, third Argentinian in the Qatar championship together with Matías Nani (Al-Shamal) and Sergio Vittor (Al-Sailiya), has terminated his contract with Elche (he had signed until 30 June) because he would not be taken into consideration in the team chaired by Cristian Bragarnik. He was in Qatar as another Argentine fan during the World Cup and bonded with his new club.
Beyond the setback in his debut, he is one of the great figures of Qatari football and a large part of Qatar Sports Club’s hopes of qualifying for the next AFC Champions League (the Asian Champions League) rest on him.
The team which also has Javi Martínez, world champion midfielder with Spain and historic Bayern Munich player, is in fourth place, tied with third (Al-Sadd) who is the last who would qualify for the team today continental competition.
Source: Clarin
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