Hhere is a man in Vitoria who in just five months has won over the public of Mendizorrotzaand your name is Gonzalo Escalante. The Argentine, who arrived in January on loan from the SS Laziohas only needed a few games to become a absolutely key piece in it Deportivo Alavs.
It is very noticeable when climbing it is on the green, and, almost more importantly, it is even more noticeable when it is not (as the Vigo match shows). Thanks to his experience in Primera, he is a midfielder who provides balance, hierarchy, temple, and also a lot of goal. The figures speak for themselves: with five goals he is the team’s second highest scorer. As if that were not enough, some of those goals have been totally key for Alavs, to this day, to continue being a First Division team. As an example, the last achieved against the Spanish to make it 2-1 or against Villarrealto win with the same result.
this wednesday climbing He showed again why he is absolutely a starter in the albiazul team. He not only ran and was solvent in the center, as always, but played an absolutely key role in the final resultscoring the second goal and stealing to propitiate the first.
Doubt against Levante
Against Espanyol, Escalante had to retire early, exhausted and with visible discomfort in the calfand one of the main doubts ahead of the match against Levante will be whether he will be recovered and available to play, especially after the absence of Mamadou Loumhis faithful partner in the midfield, due to the accumulation of cards.
Escalante is, without a doubt, a life insurance. In addition, his presence and importance has transcended the team’s game, since when the ninety minutes are up he adopts that leading role also off the pitch. The albiazul fans keep in his memory, for example, the Argentine’s statements after the Metropolitano against Atltico de Madrid. Then, Escalante came out in defense of his teammates and to protest against the arbitration received.
In short, a player who, based on gallons, character and goalshas put the fans in his pocket, and with his goal on Wednesday he keeps the Deportivo Alavs in the First Division, at least one more day.
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