It could not have been a better premiere with No. 10 of Platenseand in what he himself called “a final”. Mauro Zarate He just played his first match at the Brown but he knows well what the team is playing for. And that is why when he had to enter at 14 ‘of the ST he did it plugged in, and ended up being the author of the 2-1 penalty -sanctioned via VAR- with which Tense won a decisive duel against Godoy Cruz for permanence. A more than special premiere for the 35-year-old striker, who after the victory left a confession that surprised many…
The former player from Vélez and Boca arrived at Vicente López after a period with little filming at Juventude in Brazil, where he barely played 3 games and scored a goal for the Gaúcho tournament. And that little participation generated much more than the desire to emigrate… “I wanted to play. At times it crossed my mind to stop playing and enjoy my family… But football is my life, my family knows it too, and I don’t know how to do anything else. So here I am…”MZ10 confessed as soon as the triumph against Tomba ended.
And that “here I am” finds him with pure happiness, having achieved a premiere that was worth three points and that they had him as the hero. That’s why Zarate ensures that “I’m happy because I made a commitment to this club and I’m going to do my best to achieve it. Today we won a final and we have another 26 ahead of us”.
Mauro Zárate: VAR, penalty and debut with a goal in Platense. (La Plata Press)
For now, the challenge that Platense has in this second part of 2022 will be complex but not impossible. In fact, the victory against Godoy Cruz put an end to a streak of 12 games without joy (eight defeats) and it was nothing less than against a direct rival for permanence. And without a doubt that the experience of his players, like Zaratewill be decisive…
“The big ones have to set an example and support the boys. This is a commitment that the whole team has with the people who took Platense to the First Division, which is where it has to stay forever. That is our commitment”, closed Mauro, who scored again in Argentine soccer after more than a year: the last cry on Argentine soil had been playing for Boca, in the Bombonera, on 4/3/21. The coincidence? That time, Xeneize also celebrated 2-1…
