In the midst of the latest series of games by BotafogoCoach Luis Castro seems to have found a new option for the offensive system: Junior Santos. The striker was placed on the right wing against Coritiba and featured in last Saturday’s 2-0 win, for Brazil’s Brazil.
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It was one of the pieces that arrived in the last window. If already on the left side of the attack there were more options in the attack field, then there were already more spares, on the right it was not the same, which increased the load on the position-holders – this is what Junior Santos can achieve very useful .
Contribute to the attack
The arrival of Junior Santos was significant for the Alvenegra team in this sense. The player made his debut by scoring a goal in the away match against Juventus. Since then, he hasn’t been a regular starter for Botafogo, but he started well most of the time, and made a great offensive contribution.
In the last match against Curitiba at home, Junior Santos started as a beginner and performed well, after hitting all the dribbles, and completing playing alone, in addition to hitting the crossbar twice, and coach Luis Castro highly praised. .
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defensive effort
In addition, another interesting point regarding Junior Santos’ performance in the match against Curitiba is the player’s contribution to defenses. Present in most attacks in the attack, he was also important in the reconfiguration. So much so that, on several occasions, he occupied the right side in the field of defense to disrupt the actions of the opposing team.
The wing also had great numbers in defensive actions. He has won six of seven ground tackles and one of two aerial duels, plus cuts.
dribbler
Junior Santos has a dribbling performance of 73% according to “Sofascore” and an average of 67 minutes per game. In addition to this, he also has more than two shots per match. Big numbers for a player playing in the attacking part of the field.
It is true that Junior Santos made a good start in Botafogo and took the opportunity he had in the last match to play as a beginner. Since his start, the player has shown a lot of services and could be the perfect piece to reshape that Luis Castro lost on the right wing, as he is able to cause the “headache” when it comes to starting the position.
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