Mason Greenwood He needs an adaptation period at Getafe after a year and seven months without playing. Between January 22, 2022, the day he played his last game on Manchester Unitedand on September 17, 2023, when he wore the Getafe shirt for the first time, he experienced an eternal football void that he shamelessly left behind.
Some statistics of the English attacker indicate that in all 572 minutes he has accumulated LaLiga EA Sports He doesn’t hide when trying to open up rival defenses. He does it compulsively, almost without rest, and the data speaks volumes: almost 61 percent of his dribbles end in a shot on goal and he is the third player in the entire championship to insist on that aspect.
In sum, after leaving an opponent, green wood He attempted to score as many as 18 times. Just another dribbler like Bryan Zaragoza and Inaki Williamswho piled up 21 shots after dribbling past an opponent in the pomegranate and Athletic, respectively. The player of Getafe beat names like Savinowhich in Girona reached 16 shots after dribbles, or Vinicius and Rodrygothat in real Madrid They reached 15.
The insistence of green wood was translated into a goal in the League, scored by Celtic in Bleedingalthough you can add the two you marked Copa del Rey in it’s too late. In the three seasons he played in the Unitedonly in the third (2021/22) did he have a better start League with three goals in his first six games of Premier League.
His trainer, José Bordalás, is happy with the performance of a player who steps on the blue club. The coach of Getafe managed his reappearance in millimeters after the controversial episode in which he was removed from the discipline of Manchester United. In January 2022 he was accused by his girlfriend Harriet Robson of sexist violence and in February 2023 all charges were dropped.
Because the case was closed until he debuted in Getafe Another seven months passed and Bordalas he made his return to perfection. green wood He signed his loan before the end of the summer market (August 31) and until his debut, 17 days passed where he refined his set-up. He played his first minutes against Osasuna on the fifth day and was already a starter in the seventh against the Athletic.
In the ninth he returned to the Balaídos eleven and since then no one has removed him from the lineup. In just two months it has become a fixture for Bordalas and he has adapted perfectly to a dressing room that has welcomed a player who is destined to become the franchise man of the Madrid club this season.
One of his fellow raiders, Borja Mayoralthe adaptation of green wood going full speed. “Mason hasn’t raced in two years. At first it is normal that it costs a little, but it is very good. He makes jokes with his teammates and then on the field I see a very positive evolution. “It’s good for us, it gives us a lot of verticality and a lot of dribbling.”said.
That dribbling has not only translated into three goals this season. Greenwood also provides assists on goals. He already has three assists at Getafe and only Diego Rico, with five, and Choco Lozano, with four, have surpassed the English player. But in other aspects, he is the king of Getafe. No one does more acceleration than him, he is the best in successful dribbles (29), accumulates the most progression on the ball and is surpassed only by Mayoral in the number of offensive duels won.
However, the best version of Greenwood was yet to come. Manchester United’s Greenwood is not yet at Getafe, and if he fully recovers his star signing of the season, he will have a man who not long ago signed stratospheric figures: at just 19, he scored 17 goal in his first season .at United. His adventure with the English team closed with 35 goals and 10 assists in three seasons.
If they repeat or approach those figures, Getafe will rise in the standings. Greenwood searches for them hard and without courage. The Briton is a born dribbler and doesn’t hide when looking for a goal. He cooks it and eats it. And meanwhile, Getafe is rubbing its hands in the triumphant return of a man set to strengthen a team that, for the time being, has been living quietly in mid-table, far from the relegation places.
Source: La Verdad
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