Martín Cauteruccio and the goals Tevez’s Rojo regrets: he scored another hat-trick and reached 17 goals in 7 games

If Erling Haaland plays five, Martino Cauteruccio He is no exception and fights head to head with the fearsome Manchester City striker. The former Independent and San Lorenzo is having a movie-like 2024, and on Tuesday evening they scored another hat-trick against Semper Pronto (the fourth this year), in the qualifying phase of the Copa Libertadores, reaching a stunning figure: 17 goals in 7 games.

Football avenges the scorer canceled by Carlos Tévez a few months ago and in conflict with Rojo, who brought his gunpowder to the League 1 of Peru. The bad? His winning streak could not prevent his team from falling in the overall round-robin round against the Always ready (6-1 in Bolivia and 3-1 in Lima), being eliminated by the Libertadores.

What about Caute is surprising. Because he is 36 years old and because, when he seemed to have entered the final phase of his career, he found his strength again and surpassed world-class scorers like Erling Haaland, Mbappé or his Lautaro Martinez who, despite having scored 22 goals and being Inter’s top scorer in Serie A, has only scored 7 goals this year.

Cauteruccion not only beats those who try hardest in the world, but also several teams, including Independiente themselves. So far in 2024, in the same number of League Cup matches, Red scored only five goalsall distributed between five players: Ayrton Costa, Joaquín Laso, Federico Mancuello, Gabriel Neves and Lucas González. A fact that continues to make noise in Avellaneda.

Martín Cauteruccio arrived at Sporting Cristal following Carlos Tevez’s controversial departure from Independiente. On the first date of the local tournament against ADT he debuted with a hat-trick, becoming the figure of his team and establishing himself as the number 9 of the beer team.

In the on the second date he repeated his good performance with a brace against the Boysthen a double against Cienciano and a triple again on date 3 against Chankas, he also scored during the week, for the Copa Libertadores he did the honor against Semper Pronti, in the 1-6 defeat at 4,083 meters of Villa Ingenio in L’Alto .

In the last round of the Inca League, he surprised with another hat-trick, becoming the cover locally and trending on social networks. This Tuesday, history repeated itself, but it wasn’t enough to support his team in the top continental club tournament.

Cauteruccio’s statistics say that his purchase at Sporting Cristal is a complete success; The club had struggled in recent seasons to find a striker and the lack of goals was the Achilles’ heel of the team led by Brazilian Ederson Moreira. The final 9 who had an acceptable performance was Emanuel Herrera.

However, what is most striking is that his numbers place him first in the world scorers ranking in 2024. His average is 2.42 goals per game and obviously “the best reinforcement of the year” for the Peruvian press.

Cauteruccio’s passage through San Lorenzo was the make evident of his careera: He scored 42 goals in 114 games played and became champion of the Copa Libertadores in 2014. He was also champion at Cruz Azul in the 2018-2019 season, where he was top scorer of the Apertura Tournament, and in December 2022 he organized his I arrive at the Independent.

Caute played 38 games and scored 12 goals in red. After a good first phase, he contracted salmonella and was left without training for several weeks. From that moment on he no longer had a chance in El Rojo. The clearest example of how his second half was is that his last goal was in July 2023, in the 1-0 against Huracán.

The footballer’s departure ended in conflict and he has now been sued by Independiente five million dollars for signing as a free agent with Sporting Cristal.

“The player left declaring himself fired for non-payment, which did not happen, Independiente agreed. Then we will take legal action,” said Independiente’s general secretary.

In the last few hours, breaking the nets in Peru, the attacker responded to Independiente’s request asking for compensation of 210 million pesos, and the matter will have to be resolved in court.