He has had better games than yesterday. A lots of. Being who he is, a lot. But the Moañés managed to appear at the right moment and score the first goal when the party wandered without soul and with a tendency to escape towards Pamplon lands.
That Iago Aspas marks is not news, but it is important. The career of the celestial youth squad stretches like bubble gum, because what this season has not given in the physical – those marvelous races driving the ball – it has contributed in football intelligence. Every time he knows better what he has to do in each moment and in each space. For example, yesterday, when he saw the quick exit of his team through the center after a throw-in by Osasuna, he ran vertically to give Mina a pass option when he had space and time to think about the pass. And when he received the ball, he knew he had to play it one-on-one. He did it neatly, almost effortlessly, with a bicycle to his theoretical bad leg, the right, with which he defined with precision.
Some will say that the fact that in the second half he committed a penalty should separate him from this showcase. Maybe that’s the way it is, but this guy will hardly be left behind from the match played yesterday afternoon in Balaídos with the goal from Iago Aspas.
