Enzo Fernández scored the first goal of the match. Photo: EFE / EPA / MIGUEL A. LOPES.
“Good players don’t need time, they adapt quickly,” Guardiola said a few weeks ago, referring to the signing of Julián Álvarez for Manchester City. This sentence might also fit Enzo Fernandezwho in three games with Benfica has already scored three goals and looks like a player molded to European rhythms.
Since his arrival in the Old Continent, the midfielder who emerged in the River has shown all his level. And, this Tuesday afternoon, in the game of Eagles against Denmark’s Midtjylland for the Champions League group qualification stage, Enzo has inflated the network again.
The Portuguese, also owner of Nicolás Otamendi, visited the Danish team for the second leg of the third qualifying round. They had won 4-1 in the first leg, where Fernández had also scored and, in the rematch, the midfielder appeared in the 23rd minute of the first half to open the scoring.
The former Defense and Justice finds an opening at the far post and, after a cross from the left by Ramos, pushes the ball with his right leg reaching his third personal scream in three games. The match ended 3-1 with a 7-2 aggregate.
Meanwhile, Benfica will face Dinamo kyiv, who eliminated Sturm Graz (3-1 on aggregate). And if he wins again, he will be able to play the group stage of Big ears. The big goal.
It is worth remembering. Fernández had already scored against Arouca (the second in his personal account) in the first round of the Portuguese league in which his team won 4-0. It was a rather captivating goal.
However, Enzo turned heads on his debut. It’s his, in the first leg against Midtjylland, where the midfielder played his first match with the shirt of the The Eaglesscored a goal on the fly that immediately went viral on social networks.
A dream start for the Buenos Aires player on European soil. Three goals in three games. Clearly the steering wheel is on everyone’s lips. And there are also those who are clamoring for Lionel Scaloni to include him in the list of 26 players who will play the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
For 75% of his pass, Benfica paid 10 million euros, plus eight other variables that will be paid over time if the goals set are achieved. At the moment Enzo is on the right track …
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Source: Clarin
