Luca Zidane debuted this Wednesday with the Rayo shirt and did it with a note. The goalkeeper jumped onto the Butarque turf to relieve Dimitrievski under sticks, after the Macedonian was sent off in the 62nd minute for protesting, “You're a pimp” said to the referee, according to the minutes. Throughout those first minutes wearing the Strip, Luca left two great interventions that allowed their team to reach the final moments of the derby alive. A premiere that could not be round due to the final defeat (1-0).
The keeper appeared to put the mitten and deflect a shot from Gaku Shibashaki, who had been left alone in front of him, after receiving a deep pass from José Arnaiz in 79 '. There was still time and options to equalize the match. In fact, later, Leganés was left with ten and there was a hand from Ignasi Miquel within the area that Prieto Iglesias did not indicate, causing the outrage of the franjirrojos with the referee.
Already in the last breath (94 '), Luca was again decisive and caught the ball when Sabin Merino, in a heads up, tried to haggle to sentence him. The goalkeeper was confident and quelled the danger, leaving a good taste in the Rayista parish. So that his candidacy to relieve Dimitrievski on Saturday against Logroñés wins integers. With his debut, Andoni Iraola has already given minutes to all the players in the squad, except the injured Alberto García.
Luca Zidane takes the ball in hand-in-hand with Sabin.
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The Basque coach spoke about Luca's premiere at a press conference. “I could have made any decision because we have three goalkeepers of a very high level. Luca arrived in a difficult situation, but he is training very well. As it was, the game was for him. We needed the goalkeeper to play ahead, to take risks, to give us things with his foot. The truth is that it has been very well when it has come out, “he said.
Luca Zidane landed in Vallecas on the market closing day and signed until 2022. The young goalkeeper, 22, arrived to reinforce a demarcation in which Rayo had two internationals and a problem if both were cited at the same time by their respective teams: Macedonia, in the case of Dimitrievski, and the U-19 , in Morro. Luca got his great opportunity on the sixteenth day and he knew how to take advantage of it, so it would not be surprising that the footballer is enjoying minutes that make him continue to grow.