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At the company of Sergio German Romero created so much expectation Boca Juniors as if to appease the void left by the frustrated arrival of Edinson Cavani and the uncertainty about the future of Agustín Rossi, who is more outside than inside the club. With two World Cups behind him and a long stay in a giant like Manchester United, the fans hope that the 35-year-old missionary will give the team a leap in quality to fight for everything in the remainder of the semester, but fundamentally to go in looking for the Libertadores 2023. And he, according to his environment, is up for the challenge.
Infobae He spoke with his personal trainer, who met him when they shared inferiors in Racing. Is about Alexander Santillan, who worked as a goalkeeper coach in clubs such as San Telmo, Temperley and Barracas Central, among others. He dedicated himself exclusively to another goalkeeper like Fernando Monetti and he was the one Tiny He put all his trust in him in the last four preseasons he did (including the last one, when he traveled to Italy during his stay in Venezia).
“The last month we did field work and the last week we directly worked on the finite so that it would be prepared to compete in a professional squad. We made it: luckily he is very well, very strong. A barbaric job was done”says the former goalkeeper who, together with Romero, met last week with other former Racing such as Matías Sánchez, Gonzalo García and José Schaffer.
Last March, Romero underwent a arthroscopic surgery to remove mobile bodies within the right knee joint. As reported from the Venezia FC, the operation was successful and was performed by Dr. Ramón Cugat at the Cugat Institute in Barcelona. After that, the goalkeeper who emerged from Racing who went through the Dutch AZ Alkmaar, Sampdoria and Monaco before arriving at United, began rehabilitation in Argentina with a treatment prepared by AFA kinesiologists who have known him for years when he joined the Youth of the Selection.
“They have to take into account what he did in Venezia, not in Manchester. Some missed that part, the Manchester thing is very old. He spent six months without competing, we did a three-month preseason with cuts of 15 days, he arrived in Venezia with specific goalkeeper training and four days after arriving, he played and was a figure against Fiorentina ”Santillan recalled.
In the last season with the Italian cast, he solved three unbeaten fences over 16 games played, in which he conceded 33 goals and recorded 74 saves (average of more than two goals conceded per match and almost five saves per match). If the month of July 2018 is taken as a reference until today, Chiquito played 42 official matches in all kinds of competitions (a total of 3,710 minutes): he collected 18 clean fences, conceded 45 goals and accumulated 124 saves. On average, he conceded just over one goal per game and made almost three saves per game. While Romero saved, Venezia fought for permanence but was out of the relegation zone. Since the knee operation, those from Veneto have been submerged in the red line and finally dropped to Serie B.
The work prior to signing his contract at Boca focused on speed: “Technically he is very good, both with his arms and with his feet. And Sergio has a good aerial game. Obviously, by not training, you lose timing, but we work on it. The most important thing was speed, considering he is a 1.92″ archer.
In his presentation, Romero argued about his physical condition that “I am very well, I had the opportunity, after the operation, to rehabilitate myself with the people of the AFA who opened the doors for me. If the coach decides that I have to do a mini preseason, I will do it without a problem. If he decides for me to compete alongside the pack, I will.” Regarding this, his personal coach completed: “You can quietly play soccer and compete on weekends if the coaching staff so wishes. He is here to play and compete.”
*Statistics Credit: OPTE
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