The CD Lugo fans already have a new idol in the ranks of the team. José Luis Rodríguez, “Puma”, just needed a few games to become one of the favorites of the parish albivermella. The Panamanian forward already shows his characteristics and has become the Lugo's top scorer, accumulating three goals in these first eight league games, goals that have also served for Lugo to add up to six of the twelve points that Lugo accumulates in this league start.
Also, it has improving the records that last year had achieved in a lower category as was the Second B, in which throughout the season with Alavés B, with whom in 24 games he only managed to score two goals. A step forward that is also accompanied by a great influence in the collective game of Lugo.
Starting from the far left, “Puma” Rodríguez combines both his power and dribbling to get to the baseline and his speed to draw diagonals towards the rival goal, as happened in the first goal he scored this weekend against Logroñés. Further, spares no effort in defensive work, as witnessed by the fact of being a player who assumes closing tasks in defense and covering his side.
José Luis Rodríguez's good start to the season has not gone unnoticed and Panamanian coach Thomas Christiansen has called him up for the November FIFA dates. In his national team he will coincide with other players from the Spanish Second Division such as Bárcenas, from Girona, Escobar from Alcorcón or Carrasquilla, from Cartagena.