The Uruguayan striker Martin Cauteruccio has reached 17 goals, with four hat tricks, in just seven official matches with Sporting Cristal of Perua scoring figure that has made him the highest scorer so far this year in official tournaments in the world, local media highlighted this Wednesday. Kylian Mbappé has scored 11 goals and Erling Haaland only 8.
Cauteruccio confirmed his unstoppable streak in front of the nets, by score the three goals with which Sporting Cristal defeated the Bolivian Always Ready 3-1 this Tuesdaywho, however, did not avoid the elimination of their team from the Copa Libertadores, after the 6-1 defeat they suffered in the first leg.
Despite the annoyance over the elimination in the first phase of the Libertadores, The Uruguayan also declared himself “very happy” with his individual scoring quota.
“I am very happy with that and (I want to express) gratitude to my colleagues, who work very hard to make things easier for me on the field“, commented the player at the end of the player’s match at the National Stadium in Lima.
With the goals against Always Ready, The striker scored 17 goals in official matches this yearthirteen in the first five days of the Apertura Tournament of League 1, in which he has scored three triplets, and four in the Copa Libertadores.
This great effectiveness has excited the fans of the team from the Lima neighborhood of Rímac with the possibility of ‘Caute’ managed to break the national record of 40 goals that Argentine Emanuel Herrera achieved in 2018.
The player came to Peruvian football after terminating his relationship with Independiente of Argentina, a team that has announced that plans to sue him for considering that he left their ranks without justificationalthough the player claims that it was due to non-payment.
Local media indicated this week that the player demands from Independiente financial compensation of about $249,000 for being dismissed and to claim salaries and awards corresponding to October, November and December 2023.
After the bad taste left by the elimination in the Libertadores, Cauteruccio will seek this Saturday to continue increasing his numbers as top scorer, when Sporting hosts Atlético Grau at homein a match of the Apertura Tournament, which his team leads by a better goal difference than Sport Huancayo and Universitario de Deportes.
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