The Mexican forward had not scored since March 10 when he scored against Heracles in a Dutch league duel.
Santiago Gimenez he broke the goal drought he had with him Feyenoord. After seven games without scoring, among all competitions, the Mexican striker finally broke the opposing nets in this Sunday’s duel against the Zwolle as part of day 32 of the Eredivisie.
After he came on as a substitute in the second half, Gimenez took the ball to collect a penal, which was indicated after a brief review by the central referee in the VAR. In this way, the ‘Chaquito’ Gimenezsupported by his teammates, beat the rival goalkeeper and scored the third goal for his team on the scoreboard.
Santiago Giménez broke his drought by scoring from a penalty. Getty Images
Santiago Gimenez He had not scored since March 10 of this year when he scored against Heracles in the duel of the dutch league. In addition, they had seven games, among all competitions, without being present on the scoreboard.
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The Aztec striker could not score in the duels of Eredivisie against Heerenveen, Utrecht, Volendam, Ajax and Fortuna Sittard. He then did not score against NEC in the Netherlands Cup and went blank last day against Go Ahead Eagles.
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Furthermore, the ‘Chaquito‘He collaborated with an assist to Lutsharel Geertruida, who finished alone before the rival goalkeeper came out. The Mexican won a header on a ball in the area from a cross and left the winger alone to push the ball for his team’s fourth goal.
Gimenez marked his doublet in the match towards the end of the game. He ‘Chaquito‘ He started a play on the right wing, cut to the center and after some feints in the area, he shot at the goal and fortunately with a deflection, the ball went to the back of the net. Zwolle. With this annotation, the Feyenoord He completed the victory and scored the fifth goal on the scoreboard.
Even towards the end of the game, Gimenez He almost gave away another assist, this after he took a ball in the area and took off the goalkeeper. He reached the baseline and sent a very good diagonal that his teammates could not finish in the best way.
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Goal leadership seems distant
With the two entries from this Sunday, Santiago Gimenez came to 23 goals and continues in third position in the individual scoring table, only surpassed by Luuk de Jong, PSV Eindhoven forward, and Vangelis Pavlidis, AZ Alkmaar player.
In the case of De Jong, the Dutchman has 27 goals, while Pavlidis reached 28 on this day, so Gimenez They are four and five goals behind, respectively, with two games remaining until the end of the Eredivisie.
Gimenez and the Feyenoord They close the campaign against NEC as visitors and at home against Excelsior, a duel that will be Arne Slot’s last on the bench, since he will leave for Liverpool in the Premier League for the following campaign.
