There are teams that are built around two or three emblematic footballers; teams in which the stars are assisted by pawns who carry the ball and who run backwards so that their creative teammates do not make defensive efforts. Also There are teams that grow like a building under construction, brick by brick, floor by floor; They do not start the house on the roof although their most unbalanced player, the one who carries all the praisethe one who gets a game back on track with two assists, the one who goes to the national team, lives in the upper part, where the landscape is always most dazzling for the fans. We would be fooled if we thought that this Osasuna gravitates towards Bryan Zaragoza or that he lives off his inspiration.
There is some of that, but it’s not all. Right now we observe a vertical column that structures Vicente Moreno’s project and with which in meetings like yesterday’s the terrain he defends becomes impermeable. I am referring to Sergio Herrera, Catena and, above all, Torro. While the lights shone on Bryan, the pivot came and went, shading Brais Mendes, his head was the reference for the goalkeeper’s long kicks to prolong the ball.assisted the full-backs, positioned himself between the centre-backs, put his leg in hard and after the 80th minute he jumped onto the Real field to make a tactical foul and abort the counterattack. In addition to all this, he scored again for the second time in a row from a set piece: it seems to me the happiest reunion this season with a player who is celebrating his sixth year in the squad.
I don’t know what influence Iker Muñoz’s injury may have had on this rebirth, but something has influenced it. Torró, in the eyes of a good part of the fans, took a back seat this year after the stellar appearance of the young youth squad, with whom he formed a double pivot at the beginning of the season that did not seem to fit well. The man from Alicante was left alone in that position and did not have good games, especially due to ball losses.until Aimar Oroz has gained presence in the midfield and the task of getting the ball out, saving it and directing it on the right path has been assumed by the number 10. For Torró not driving the ball is a relief; The game that makes him important is that of a single touch, with the foot or with the head, clearing or finishing.
The midfielder is the antithesis of Bryan Zaragoza; The man from Malaga raises the public, generates expectations of important moments, has the fantasy that breaks that often mechanical football, slave to big data. Bryan, until now, has not been a full-time striker; It has a lot of presence in the first forty-five minutes but it fades in the second parts. Although he applies himself when it comes to defending, he also seems obsessed with the goal and does not take into account teammates who are better placed to finish the play. But, oh my friend, a footballer like this is still a luxury both for what he does and for what it seems he can do at any moment. Especially if he has a guy like Torró behind him supporting his dreams.
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