Duel of friends in the Pizjuán

The Sevilla-Atlético de Madrid This Saturday at the Sánchez Pizjuán (9 pm) has many incentives. For example, the fight in the upper zone of the table and the desire of the Spanish, second, to get closer to the leader, the Real Madrid, and that of the colchoneros to cut points with those from above and, who knows, to be able to get hooked on the fight for the championship after falling in the derby last Sunday.

Another will be the enormous number of duels that will be experienced in the Andalusian fiefdom. Luis Suarez in view of Diego Carlos, the doormen cloud Y Bono (who came to share a dressing room) face to face, Llorente in view of Ocampos (if he finally reaches the appointment) … And within this section, there is one that is above the rest: the one that Rodrigo de Paul and Papu Goméz will liberate.

The two midfielders will meet many times on the pitch and it is certain that when the ball starts rolling in the Pizjuán, they will have already exchanged many messages about the match in which they will be protagonists. The two Argentines will meet again in the green, although unlike the last time they were together, they will do it as rivals.

Because they are teammates in the Albiceleste, but in the Pizjuán they will be rivals, so they will have to put their great friendship on hold for 90 minutes in which each one will look for their goal. As we say, The two maintain a great relationship, forged in the national team and in their time in Serie A. De Paul played several years for Udinese and Papu for Atalanta. They were only separated by three hours by road and it was common for them to have video calls.

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Obviously, when they shared the longest is in the concentrations of Argentina, where even the Papu worked as a hairdresser of today’s mattress maker on some occasion. And it is common to see them together in the videos that players post on social networks. Inseparable in the ‘meetings’ of the national team.

From leaders in Italy, to Spain

Apart from the great personal relationship they have, the two have presented a similar career path that has given them both in the Spanish League. The 33-year-old Papu, six years older than De Paul, shone in Italy before the money took him to Ukraine, then returned to Calcio and triumphed at Atalanta, where he left a little less than a year ago for Nervión. . He was the leader of the Dea.

So was De Paul in Udinese, where he spent four years leading the Friuli team. There he had come after the Valencia bet on him after standing out in Racing, where he ended up on loan from the club che. Udinese bet on him and the player returned him with an excellent performance and leaving 35 million in the entity.

This Saturday, both will see the faces in the field. De Paul has already made it clear in other situations (such as with Cunha recently in Argentina-Brazil) that when the ball rolls, friendships go into the background for 90 minutes. Atlético is played a lot, where the Argentine has more and more stripes. Something that is no longer discussed for Papu in Sevilla.

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