It was minute 78 of the match against Real Sociedad when García Pimienta ordered Benito, Mfulu and Pejiño to stop warming up to jump onto the pitch. Among those substituted by the coach, the numbers on the fifth referee’s sign were those belonging to Kirian, Sandro and… Jonathan Viera.
The captain went to the bench and when he entered the seating area he showed his anger and threw a bottle of water towards the field that bounced off the grass in the coach’s area and lodged within the domain of the playing field. As the game had not yet resumed, the UD delegate, Rubén Fontes, went to the bottle to pick it up so that the dispute could continue.
The gesture was surprising for a Jony who has already shown that he has reached the maturity that in the past had diminished his attitudes. However, it reflects the impotence that he is a born winner and in the face of his misfortune he expressed his frustration with this gesture.
But for García Pimienta, the launch of the bottle is not something serious. What’s more, he even sees it as “normal”, because he understands that all players “want to play”.
So much so that he explained the reason why he decided to take over with the entry of Benito onto the pitch. “The changes are made to refresh the team. It was the moment that Real Sociedad was attacking the most. Jonathan is our captain, our leader and I think he has made a great game in every way. I have considered that we needed fresh air in that area of the pitch”, reflected the Catalan.
An area in which the 21 was located again yesterday. In which he exercises as a left interior within the immovable 4-3-3 scheme of Pimienta and in which the vision of the game and the criteria in the construction of the Magician of the Fair It comes out more than his scoring instinct.
Gone is the image of the first two league games against Mallorca and Valencia in which Viera was placed as a false nine and UD lacked a goal.
Curiously, the only goal in this new stage in the First Division has been through Jony’s boots, when he beat Rajkovic from the penalty spot.
Yesterday the only player who has celebrated a goal in the three games played to date in LaLiga EA Sports was substituted with 12 minutes remaining in the game.
A situation that Viera had not experienced since last season, when he was changed on matchday 40 against Villarreal B in the 58th minute; and the previous day, after playing 38 minutes in Ipurúa. Both because he was physically impaired.
2023-08-25 23:42:53
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