It has cost little, very little, Marco Asensio (Palma de Mallorca, 1996) ‘Open her account’ scorer with Aston Villa. Four games. 175 minutes to be exact.
The former Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, who already left very good feelings in the 24 minutes he played in his debut against Tottenham, managed to see door in his second game as a starter under the orders of Unai Emery. He already played starting three days in 2-2 against Liverpool.
He did not score one, but two goals. The Spanish led, along with Marcus Rashford, who entered the break, the Aston Villa comeback against Chelsea (2-1). His second goal, in 89 ‘, caused total delirium in Villa Park.
We had to wait until the 57th minute, with 0-1 for Chelsea, to attend the Spanish international premiere with the ‘villains’. It was not, to tell the truth, the most beautiful goal of his career. Rashford served the ‘Death pass’ and Asensio had to rectify to, half falling, mark on a empty door.
The second was not beautiful either, but it was worth gold. Asensio received from Rashford at the exit of a corner and his hitting first, without controlling, surprised Filip Jörgensen, who saw how the ball sneaked tame below his legs. He celebrated it in style, as the occasion deserved. His double brings the ‘villains’ to the ‘Champions zone’.
The Spanish completed, in this way, its particular ‘hat-trick’: it already knows what it is to mark in three of the main European leagues.
Let’s be precise. Asensio scored 41 goals and distributed 37 assists in the 225 games he played in LaLiga with Espanyol and Real Madrid. With Mallorca he did not play first.
As it passes through Ligue 1, with the PSG, he registered six goals and nine assists in 31 games.
We will see how many gives time to mark in Premier during his assignment – without buying -to the Aston Villa until the end of the season. For now it has been two. Let them take away the ‘dance’ …