El delantero
de Manchester City volverá a ser de la partida con la Albiceleste y conformará
un tridente que ilusiona. ¿Lo aprovechará?
El nombre de
Sergio Agüero está emparentado directamente con la camada de la Selección
argentina que se empieza a despedir, incluso con varios de sus compañeros
históricos ya afuera de los planes de Lionel Scaloni. Y todo indicaba que el
Kun integraría esa lista de futbolistas tan relacionados con las tres finales
perdidas y el fracaso en Rusia, pero su talento le permitió llegar a una chance
más, en la antesala de las Eliminatorias.
Desde que el
actual DT está en su cargo, solamente en una ocasión había marcado el número de
teléfono del delantero icónico de Manchester City. Y lo hizo nada menos que
para la Copa América, después de prescindir de sus servicios en cada uno de los
amistosos de los nueve meses previos, ya que optó por evaluar alternativas que
fueron desde Lautaro Martínez hasta Giovanni Simeone, pasando por Mauro Icardi
y Darío Benedetto.
En la competencia
jugada en Brasil, el ex-Independiente fue titular en cinco de los seis
partidos, mientras que ingresó en el restante contra Paraguay. Su saldo fue de
dos goles, uno ante Qatar y el otro en el duelo por el tercer puesto contra
Chile, día en el que parecía escribir la última página de una historia de 13
años, 96 encuentros y 40 goles.
Sin embargo, para
la tercera y última fecha FIFA del segundo semestre, el Kun vuelve a estar. Los
rivales serán nada menos que Brasil y Uruguay, en lo que será la última tanda
de enfrentamientos antes de comenzar las Eliminatorias para el 2022. Y si
quiere estar presente, deberá aprovechar este último tren, al que se sube para
conformar un tridente casi de ensueño con Messi y Lautaro Martínez.
¿Qué
motivó su convocatoria? Su actualidad en el City, donde es amo y señor, máximo
goleador histórico y tal vez el jugador más preponderante de los 139 años de la
institución de Manchester. Lleva disputados 15 partidos entre Premier, Copa de
la Liga y Champions League (11 como titular) y convirtió 13 tantos. Casi uno
por partido. Y si bien Alario hizo méritos suficientes para ser la primera
alternativa en el ataque, hoy Scaloni considera que no tiene otro jugador como
Agüero.
Para el Kun, el
tren pasa una vez más. De su rendimiento ante Brasil y Uruguay dependerá si
logra subirse y en marzo vuelve a vestir la Albiceleste, o si finalmente
concluye un ciclo que quedará en la historia por lo que fue, pero mucho más por
lo que pudo ser, una constante de la última era argentina.
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