Carlos Zambrano captured this Sunday -in the Monumental- all the reflectors of the press. The ‘León’ played his first game in League 1 and, although he went to the showers in the discounts of the classic against Universitario, DT Guillermo Salas recognized his good performance in the defensive zone of Lima Alliancedespite the expulsion at the end of the game.
As we remember, the national defender did not struggle with the pressure that his debut in a Peruvian soccer classic meant (he stood well in the blue and white lower part and closed more than one cream onslaught). But, minutes before the end of the tablet, he saw the direct red.
The defender kicked Piero Quispe, who sent him to the ground at the wheel of the ‘U’. Immediately, the referee Augusto Menéndez, who followed the play closely, did not hesitate and painted it red.
“I don’t think Carlos wanted to make a foul like the one he did, but he did want to cut off the attack, which is something I ask for. I think he went a bit too far, but he played pretty well.”, ‘Chicho’ Salas declared about the performance of ‘León’ to RPP Noticias.
On the lookout for Zambrano
Carlos Zambrano he fulfilled the task assigned to him by coach ‘Chicho’ Salas well. His experience was noted: he made a good duo at the back with Santiago García to nullify Alex Valera and, incidentally, they had Alexander Succar ‘dry’ when he entered.
However, when the six minutes of discount were running, he had a tough tackle against Piero Quispe that made it difficult for him to go to the showers. Situation that was news for the Argentine press after his recent passage through Boca. “Carlos Zambrano, former Boca Juniors, had his first game: Debut, provocation and red card!”, reads in the title of the note presented by the newspaper Olé
But it was not the only means that was on the lookout. Clarín was another of those who did not miss the debut of the ‘Kaiser’ and assured that this expulsion that he had was due to the “curse of Boca Juniors”.
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