“El Gato Argentino”: Augusto Batalla’s great presentation in Granada, Spain, with video included

He Grenade made the establishment of. official this Wednesday Battle of Augustus in the role of the new goalkeeper of the red and whites, who arrives to reinforce the barrier. The former San Lorenzo, whose passage belongs to River, has arrived at the Andalusian team on loan until the rest of the season, and with an option to purchase, according to the Andalusian institution.

On social networks, Granada celebrated the arrival of the Batalla with a very particular announcement, which combines local culture with a nickname that accompanies the one that emerged in River: “the cat”.

In a video shared on the institution’s official account, an “off” voice talks about the link between cats and the city famous for tourism such as the Alhambra, and Batalla appears at the center of the video, to say that “There he is a true Argentine cat”, with a “che” in the middle, as if to clarify his roots.

Batalla, 27, trained in the youth system of the club Núñez, with whose first team he officially made his debut in April 2016.

Since 2018 he has experienced several loans which led him to play for Atlético Tucumán and Tigre in the Argentine league and Unión La Calera and O’Higgins in Chile.

In July 2021, Batalla returned to Buenos Aires to join San Lorenzo de Almagro, his last team, with which thanks to his good performances he was included in the “ideal eleven” of the Argentine championship in 2023.

In Boedo’s adventure, the number 1 was instrumental in breaking a historical record of Argentine football: in July last year, San Lorenzo totaled 1,504 minutes without conceding a goal at home in national tournaments, exceeding a threshold that over the years belonged to Racing. 1916 and 1918. These numbers allowed, for example, those led by Gallego Insua to earn a place for the 2024 Copa Libertadores.

Furthermore, Batalla adds international experience with Argentina’s youth teams to his career at club level.

He has arrived and is already jumping onto the pitch. Everything indicates that Batalla will make his debut for Granada in the home match against Cadiz on Wednesday, the last match of the first round and the first of the new year.

With half of the remaining tournament, the team led by Uruguayan Alexander “Cacique” Medina needs points. They have just 8 units, three more than Almería and five below Celta de Vigo, the other two teams that would be relegated to the Second Division. The goal is to reach Cadiz, who have 15, or Sevilla, who only have 16. This afternoon’s match at the Nuevo Etadio de Los Cármenes is therefore fundamental to their aspirations.

Granada “welcomed” Augusto Batalla as the new Nasrid player, as well as wishing him good luck on his arrival in the red and white club.