Enzo Fernandez celebrates his goal against Arouca FC in Lisbon. Photo: AFP
Meanwhile River the word is repeated over and over again adaptation when talking about the new reinforcements, in the Portuguese dictionary of Enzo Fernandez the word adaptation does not appear. The steering wheel, in honor of the nickname of the benficais an eagle that flew high from the start, accumulates three goals in his first three official matches for the Portuguese club and stole the main sports newspaper covers of that country.
The arrival of the Argentine midfielder in the Portuguese team was more than positive. And with an enviable goal record: this Tuesday he celebrated for the second time against Midtjylland from Denmark for the third qualifying round to the group stage of Champions League (7-2 overall and in the playoffs they will go against Dynamo kyiv of Ukraine) e He had already scored Arouca for the first round of the Primeira Liga.
The cover of the Record newspaper.
The Portuguese media echoed this pleasant appearance and Enzo was on the cover of the prestigious newspaper Diskwho chose a title that reflects his extraordinary start at Benfica: “Enzo Matador”. In addition to the goal statistic of the midfielder with 3/3, there is also a sentence from teammate Joao Mario, which praises the intensity of the Argentine.
Furore for Enzo in the Portuguese media.
In turn, the gate or game dedicated a special theme exclusively for called subscribers “Enzo Fernández to score and dominate”, In Bola he highlighted his great performance and the comments reflect the illusion it aroused in fans. Enzo will still give us so much joy and I hope he will stay for many years because he is a Benfica player. He has joy, he really wants to help the team win. Messi is aging and Enzo is his successor “expressed a user.
Furore for Enzo in the Portuguese media.
Enzo’s sales numbers and expectations in River
To play the seven games that Benfica have scheduled so far, September 10 would be Enzo Fernández’s tenth match (The date could be brought forward in case of qualification for the Champions League group stage) and this will mean that the River will be able to collect (30 days later) the first 2 million euros in goals.
There will be another two to 25 games, two to 40 and another two to 50, which will complete the figure stipulated in the contract of eight million in variables. It is worth remembering River sold 75% of the pass for € 10 million (gross) of which he has already collected 5 million: 2.5M on 31/08/2023 and 2.5M on 28/02/2024.
Enzo Fernández’s three goals at Benfica
Source: Clarin