The pain of his absence is not only experienced at Deportivo Cali, now his current team misses him like no other at the start of the Mexican league.
Argentinian Favio Álvarez, midfielder with the Pumas, acknowledged on Thursday that the cats lack strength because they miss the goals of their injured fellow countryman Juan Ignacio Dinenno.
“They are decisive players in the area, they showed the last tournament, Carlos (González, Paraguayan) is gone and Juan was unlucky to get injured and I hope he returns soon because we need him, we miss him, ”said the midfielder. accepted.
For the Clausura 2021, the Pumas lost in their lead to the Paraguayan González, a striker who scored 28 goals for Pumas between 2018 and 2020 and who signed with the Tigres UANL. The Argentinian Dinenno, scorer for the felines in the Apertura 2020 with 10 goals, suffered a muscle injury in his left thigh on the second day of the Clausura 2021 and is still recovering.
Therefore, Álvarez urged his teammates to improve their level to generate more attacking options; Pumas collects four games without scoring. “The functioning of the team has to improve because we don’t create situations and those who play nine don’t get any options. After Mazatlan we didn’t score anymore, but I know we’re going to improve, but we have to do it individually first,” he said.
On the second day, Pumas defeated Mazatlán 3-0, the only game in which they scored; in the first they drew 0-0 against Tijuana, in the third they lost 2-0 to Querétaro, in the fourth they played without goals with Atlas and in the fifth they lost 1-0 to Monterrey.
“The responsibility is ours. We didn’t give the results we wanted, but we have to be calm because this has only just started, we are almost the same as the previous tournament, we have injured players. We have to go full force.” going backwards. the bad time. “