Cuca recognizes that the gunner had, until a few weeks ago, a foot outside the club, but today it is important for the group. After being the target of the elimination of Atlético Mineiro in the Copa Libertadores, Turboman is regaining importance.
From blame to praise. It was Eduardo Vargas’ last weeks in Brazil. The national striker seemed to lose all the notoriety gained the previous year at Atlético Mineiro, with just minutes and far from a good version of him. However, within two weeks it turned things upside down.
Today, La Roja’s second all-time goalscorer is once again prominent within their squad. On November 1, he scored both of his side’s goals against Sao Paulo at the Brasileirao and this Thursday he was one of the best again, scoring and assisting in the 3-0 win over Cuiabá.
Prior to this month, the last time Turboman had added more than once was September 17. Of course, his bad moment came from further afield. More precisely since that day when he saw the red card during the elimination against Palmeiras, for the Copa Libertadores. This earned him being named as one of the culprits. Now he’s racked up three full games as a starter, never leaving and being one of the best on the playing field.
His rise has drawn praise. Both from the press and from his coach, who admitted that at one point he had one foot outside the club. “In football, everything changes, doesn’t it? Vargas was, until recently, on the list of dismissed, but today he is no longer. Everything changes, ”said Cuca, strategist of the Gauls, as a prelude to the conclusion of the duel against the Corinthians.
This Sunday at 4:00 p.m., Atlético Mineiro visits Timão with the aim of beating them and entering the next Libertadores. Those of Eduardo Vargas have 55 units, in seventh place. A fall to ninth place would be fatal to his aspirations.
In search of regularity
There have been constant ups and downs in Eduardo Vargas’ career. At 32, he still has two seasons left on his contract in the Brazilian team and, in fact, he renewed his commitment in 2022. Even so, after his darkest day, against Palmeiras, there was talk of a possible move to Saudi Arabia, which the club denied.
After the episode against the club of Benjamín Kuscevic, the former Napoli player He admitted to having experienced a personal ordeal. “After the expulsion, I fell into depression. I felt like I didn’t want anything. He didn’t want to go out, he didn’t want to go to the supermarket. Even my children came on weekends. We stayed here with my friends and their children. We went here to the playground and I could have taken them to the mall. Anywhere for them to enjoy. But I didn’t want to because I knew that maybe the Atlético Mineiro fan would look at me differently,” he admitted in a dialogue with Globo Sport, weeks after the fact.
Today, things are going better for him and everything indicates that at the end of the Brasileirao, it will be the start again. “He has prepared well. He is a warrior on the pitch, running, fighting, fighting for the ball and opening spaces, doing diagonals and headers. We are very happy about that,” said the technical director, who made a profit with the revival of his manager.
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