Mariano Díaz he played at this point of the year in his first season with the white team in 16/17 a total of 157 minutes and scored 5 goals between League and Copa del Rey. On the other side of the coin is Luka Jovic which in 432 minutes that has been disputed has only achieved one goal. The Serbian is not going through his best moment and Real Madrid needs his scoring ability for the final of the Spain Supercup.
Luka Jovic He is not having the season that many expected. The Serbian came as a top forward from the Bundesliga after scoring 27 goals in 47 games with the Eintracht. On the other hand, the last season of Mariano was not the expected what has made this is not counting on minutes. The Hispanic-Dominican barely played 601 minutes in 24 games, despite this he was able to score four goals, with an average of one goal every 150 minutes, which is pretty good.
The 0.5 goals of Mariano per game exceeds 0.36 per game of Jovic. Mariano and Jovic They are two strikers with a very similar profile: aggressive, forceful, powerful, have a strong acceleration and are very good head. However, neither is getting prominence this campaign since the two are in the shadow of Karim Benzema. (The regret that Jovic released inside the locker room)
Before him Valencia, Jovic He did not know how to take advantage of his opportunity and was replaced by Mariano at the edge of the meeting. The question is … What will happen on Sunday? Will have Jovic a new opportunity? Give to Zidane the surprise with Mariano? We will have to wait until Sunday to know what the outcome will be.