Santiago Gimenez was left with a bittersweet feeling this Sunday after the 2-2 draw against him PSV Eindhovensince, on the one hand, he was reunited with the goal and rescued a point for his team, but for the other, They lost the opportunity to close the gap with the Eredivisie leader in the general table.
With a shot in the small area“Bebote” Giménez scored the second goal for his team at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, which meant the momentary 1-2; However, 10 minutes later Guus Til equalized and sealed the division of points between both teams.
With this result, the Farmers remain at the top of the general table with 66 points, while those led by Arne Slot are one step below with 56 points, which caused the Mexican forward to be disappointed, since he knew it was his opportunity to shorten the gap, since with a victory, PSV would have remained at 65 and they would have 58 units.
“It was our chance to get within seven points. We didn’t succeed, but we fought. We did everything we could. They (PSV) deserved it because they fought to get the tie. “I think it was a fair result because we were both attacking,” the man also nicknamed “Chaquito” expressed in an interview with ESPN.
“It was a difficult game. We both wanted to win. We had the advantage in the second half and let the result slip away“He noted, remembering that they could have gotten a better result from PSV’s field.
Finally, about his reunion with the goal, Giménez said he was happy, because it is the first step to return to being the lethal forward he became last year.
“I feel good, I feel fresh. I know that in the past games I was not the ‘Santi’ that everyone knows and I wanted to return to being that ‘Santi’ and recover my level“, he concluded.
Despite his almost two-month scoring drought, since he had not scored since last January 14, with his goal today, the Aztec reached 20 goals, a respectable amount for any attacker in European football.
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