Mateo Retegui loads the shot (from the Instagrma page of Club Atlético Tigre)
The heart of Argentina returns to beat in Italy to the sound of a zeneize milonga, indeed Xeneizes. The agreement for the transfer of Mateo Retegui to Genoa is in the pipeline: the Boca Juniors center forward, on loan at Tigre, will play in Europe and is preparing to do so in the oldest football club in Italy. Filter optimism. «He is a forward-thinking striker, physically strong and gifted with an excellent header. With the due distinctions, Pulici recalls and, to stay on the subject of Argentines of Italian origin, also Batistuta» is the comment of Claudio Strinati, commentator and expert on Latin American football, exclusively on Pianetagenoa1893.net. «Retegui is a classic first striker from Argentina: rather quick, with grace and always involved in the game. He doesn’t have the crystalline class of Milito but he knows how to fill the penalty area on his own and, beyond any technical discourse, he satisfies the only true characteristic that a center forward must have: he knows how to score goals »continues the lawyer, former FIFA agent.
The name of Retegui inflames the Genoa square, in fibrillation after the return to Serie A and already with 14,000 season tickets renewed compared to last season: «If the operation goes well, it will be a blow not only for Genoa but also for the Italian football because, at the moment, Mateo is the main candidate to become our centre-forward at the 1924 European Championships (his maternal grandfather Angelo Dimarco emigrated from Canicattì). Nor should we underestimate the media aspect, the main information bodies in Argentina have been talking about it for days – continues Strinati, who in the past conducted many market operations between Italy and South America – the operation would satisfy all parties». Boca Juniors and Tigre go to the checkout, the Xeneizes they also want to include a future percentage on the resale, and Genoa would get the striker they want mister Gilardino to do well in Serie A.
Finally, Strinati analyzes the Gudmundsson-Retegui duo: «In the last sixteen meters they know how to hurt because they combine technique and power. They can exploit vinceda, Albert with the last passes and Mateo with the goals. The Icelandic is a razz soccer playera pointing at the man and is lightning fast when turning in the short, are rare qualities. It is a duo that, due to its characteristics, can be placed along the lines of Aguilera-Skuhravy, wishing them the same epoch-making results that Thomas and the Pato». Speaking of nicknames, everyone in Argentina has one: «Carlos, Retegui’s father, is a field hockey legend with an Olympic gold medal won in Rio De Janeiro by the coach of Selection, a sport that after football is among the most loved by Argentines together with basketball and polo: his nickname is “el chapa”, the metal sheet, because as a player he was strong and robust. Mateo has become “el chapita”, a nickname that also reminds Argentines of soda bottle caps».
2023-07-19 13:54:33
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