The bad streak of Santiago Gimenez in the Eredivisie was officially forgotten and This Sunday the Mexican forward shook the nets for the second consecutive day in the Netherlands championship, thus starting with a positive chain. It was in the resounding victory achieved by Feyenoord against Heracles (3-0).
The “Bebote” that He had just scored last weekend in the draw against PSV Eindhoven (2-2) He showed that it was not something isolated and this Sunday he got wet again, showing that the chain of eight games without being able to push the ball into the back of the net, for which he received strong criticism of his performance, was finally in the past.
Santiago Giménez took advantage of a long ball launched by Dutch midfielder Mats Wieffer to get the back of the rival defenders, escape in a long run and end up being one-on-one with the Heracles goalkeeper, Michael Brouwer, whom he shot with a powerful shot with his left foot (m.41).
The Mexican attacker’s shot went through the right post of the goal and increased Feyenoord’s advantage, which had gone ahead in the 28th minute thanks to a score by Yankuba Minteh. The final figures of the match were put by Brazilian Igor Paixao in the 73rd minute with a spectacular free kick from the edge of the area.
As an anecdote, before the South American made his launch He played a game of rock, paper, scissors with the Mexican to see who would be in charge of taking the shot. and according to what could be seen during the transmission, Santiago Giménez ended up losing, leaving the ball to the Brazilian player who did not fail in his execution.
This victory allows Feyenoord to remain in second place in the Eredivisie standings, 10 points behind the leaders, PSV Eindhoven, who this day achieved a close victory against Go Ahead Eagles (0-1). With each passing day, those from Amsterdam maintain their advantage and get closer to this season’s title step by step.
Back in the fight between the scorers
Santiago Giménez’s goal in Feyenoord’s victory against Heracles (3-0) not only allowed the Mexican striker to score his second consecutive game with goals in the Eredivisie, but also put him fully into the dispute once again for first place among the top scorers of the season in the local tournament.
The Feyenoord star has scored 21 goals so far in the championship, leaving him just one of the leaders in the scoring table, Luuk de Jong of PSV Eindhoven and Vangelis Pablivis of AZ Alkmaar. The Mexican was at the top of this classification during the first half of the season but his offensive decline took him to third place.
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