The first magical afternoon of Iker Muniain in Saint Lawrence He left a decalogue of moments to collect.
1- The love of the fans. In a team where hierarchy is not abundant, Muniain shows the difference in quality in every action. Today, in his first game as a starter, he scored two winning goals against Banfield, the first by kicking a class penalty and the second by determining a corner after good team play. And the Barça fans sent him off with a standing ovation when he was substituted near the end: “Olé olé olé, vascoooo, vascoooo.”
2- The gift to a child. Iker was chosen as the best player of the match, he spoke on TV at the end of the match and, before entering the locker room, he gave a t-shirt to a child in the audience. The little boy recognized Ana Montoya, Muniain’s girlfriend, in the audience and proposed to her. He motioned Muniain to go there. And he went and fulfilled the dream of the little crow.
3- The breath of his lover. Ana Montoya, the girlfriend who was with Muniain in Buenos Aires, watched the game with fans in the audience and at one point she was seen singing like all the fans. “This is what says ‘Here is the most faithful…’. Iker sings it all the time at home and I know it by heart. We are comfortable in Argentina. They have very similar customs,” Ana told the newspaper Olé.
4- The message in Basque. San Lorenzo’s official networks exploded with Iker. And his posts have a powerful impact. One of them turned out to be very strange. In its copy you can read: “Ez dago horrenbeste erokeriaren erokarien explanatik!”… Yes, there is no explanation for so much madness.
5- From the whole field. In every situation, Iker shows his class. In the two games he came off the bench, he was deployed as a second central midfielder, something the coach questioned. Now, in his first start, he played with more freedom, as an attacking midfielder. And he manages the rhythm, with a touch, with mobility, something unusual in this San Lorenzo that the crowd recognized him. Goals aside, he’s generous when it comes to recovery. And he even cleared a rival shot with his chest that looked like a goal.
6- The kick. Yonatan Rodríguez, a tough Uruguayan midfielder who plays for Banfield, Muniain has already felt the rigors of the Argentine league. He did more than violently violate by going to the floor, he was assaulted twice in the same scene. This is for expulsion. The referee just warned him.
7- The protection of a companion. In that very cruel disobedience, with clear bad intentions, while Iker was left lying on the floor for a while and worried about everyone, Jhohan Romaña ran to defend him and bullied the Uruguayan mercilessly hitting the him. The Colombian Romaña was one of the first to approach Muniain in the daily life of San Lorenzo, to make him comfortable, of course.
8- The intimacy of the locker room. In a low-profile team, devoid of stars and also claiming some financial debts from the management, there were doubts as to how Muniain would be received. Those unknowns have now been cleared. Iker “stepped in” very well. The footballers who share the most with him privately, apart from Romaña, are Nahuel Bustos, Matías Reali and Nahuel Barrios. An example of heat is a story told by the former Athletic Bilbao himself: “I’ve had a drink in the locker room with my teammates and they even gave me one to make it myself. Now I have to learn how to prepare it. “That’s just a few days away.”
9- His words. Muniain is clearly enjoying himself in Argentina. He said it himself: “Both my family, my girlfriend, and I are very comfortable, very comfortable, very happy. I want to thank all the Argentines who cross the street for the love and respect they give me. I will always carry it in my heart. I hope I can enjoy this wonderful experience for a long time.”
10- The appearance of the coach. After the victory, a journalist asked coach Leandro Romagnoli what he would do from now on with Iker Muniain. And the coach answered, starting with an irony: “We’re going to fire Muniain, hahaha. I saw him a lot, he came from training alone and he adapted and settled well in the team. Another thing I notice about him is that he looks like he’s from here. It shows the hierarchy it has. “Not everyone plays 15 years in Europe.” And he rounded it off: He played spectacularly, he scored the two goals and made the team play with Nahuel (Bustos). “It showed the hierarchy it had.” There will be more Iker de Boedo…
Source: La Verdad
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