Colo Colo lives the final hours in the run up to Super classic of Chilean football against the University of Chile. One of the most outstanding players for Gustavo Quinteros in his eleventh is Leonard Gil. The midfielder is essential for the coaching staff and the Cacique’s scaffolding. In 2022, the white coach decided to make a positional change to the former Rosario Central player and decided to advance him further in his work, so that Stephen Pavez con Cesar Fuentes They will form a duo in the center of the field capable of repelling all danger.
In this season, the “Colo”, that yes, went down in something fundamental for him in his passage through the Monumental. During 2021, the Colo Colo midfielder scored eight goals and several of them from free kicks. However, in this year, Gil has no goals on the First division, but his game did affect another aspect: the key passes.
Depending on the site SofaScore, Leonardo Gil is the player with the most key passes in a match worldwide. In total, the Colo Colo midfielder made 11 vital deliveries for his team in the same duel, beating world-renowned players such as Toni Kroos, Memphis Depay y Neymar. This was in the Copa Chile against Deportes Temuco, reflecting the growth in his new role.
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Leonardo Gil, in 2022, only has two goals. One was converted to Super Cup in Concepción before the Catholic University, which ended with the title for the popular cast 2-0 on January 23 at the Ester Roa Rebolledo; while in the Copa Libertadores he also contributed in the 4-3 loss against Fortaleza at the Monumental.
From then on, Gil only dedicated himself to the generation of the game. According to the statistics of SofaScorethroughout the National Championship, the “Colorado” has five assists, an average of 60.3 touches on the ball and the average number of passes completed in their own field is 88 percentwhile those completed on the contrary amount to 72%
Last June, in dialogue with ESPNGil shed light on his fundamental change in Colo Colo thanks to Gustavo Quinteros. “I’m comfortable playing there (…) It’s a position that when the semester started I just needed time. Over time, I’ve managed to get my teammates to score goals and that makes me happy. I enjoy giving passes to my teammate to score goals more than write them down myself,” he said.
That’s not all, the Cacique’s “5” also knows that two people, apart from Quinteros, are essential in this new role: Leonard Stillitano and Walter Lemmaassistants to the white coaching staff, who also give him guidelines to meet this challenge.
“We stayed to work passes and profiles, to occupy the squares and the different types of pressure well (…) When one is improving, it is a motivation. Giving the coach a variety of being able to play as a double five, inside or midfielder is important for me and for the team”, concluded Gil, who will be vital next Sunday at the Talca Prosecutor against the archrival.
