Possibly, Sporting Cristal He played his most discreet match at the international level, under the command of Tiago Nunes, against Emelec at the National Stadium. The result was the consequence of a predictable game and poor decision-making, in addition to the low level of several sky-blue players. Each one will draw their conclusions, and also the coach and the squad. But just as in defeats you can see things to improve more clearly, you also have to open parentheses and say a truth that falls out of the window: Ignácio da Silva is top. Recontra top.
- Is Ignácio the best central defender in Liga 1, above Zambrano and Di Benedetto?
The only one in light blue who was able to get some applause from the stands, and who should not submit to popular criticism. It was a manual on how to play almost 80 minutes with a yellow card on top and without letting yourself be seen conditioned by it. The Brazilian, among all the good things he has, manages the times very well. He knows when to get ahead of the rival and anticipate it, or wait a moment longer and then go to the crossroads. They are thousandths of seconds to decide at a Cup rhythm that does not forgive you. Today, with VAR and so many cameras on top, if you kick you’re already out.
Ignácio doesn’t hit. He doesn’t have that intention and he doesn’t need it either. It is always debated whether the defender should come out with a bad face and hit by inertia, but the defender who recovers a ball without necessarily cutting the play and regardless of the rival is more valuable. He did it at the Maracana and also at the Alberto Gallardo. By far, Da Silva is the best defender in the Betsson League 1 and a candidate for the best reinforcement of the season, if he is not already number one. It is a find ‘made in Tiago Nunes’. The light blue coach, in scout mode, took him out of Brazil’s Serie B to make him the protagonist of our tournament. And so it goes next year, it already gave all the sky-blue fans the opportunity to enjoy an A1 defender for at least one season. And by the way, put up that fence for all the Peruvian teams, which foreign player who comes has to comply with what the word itself says: reinforce.
In fact, today the ball is in Sporting Cristal’s court, but surely more so with Ignácio’s representatives, who will have the last word. Many times the best reinforcement is a renewal, and in Florida no one doubts Da Silva’s ability. But it is possible that the Brazilian will take his time to think, in case they cannot convince him from the heavenly offices. If he is left alone until December, there is no choice but to continue enjoying it until he goes to a better league that rewards his promotion. And if he renews, congratulate those in charge and that the fan reciprocates by filling the stands. Because everyone should do the part of it.
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