Mario González, the introverted scorer who arrived in January

Those who know him say that mario gonzalez (Villacayo de Merindad de Castilla de Vieja, 1996) likes unnoticed and that’s a pretty boy introvert. Very different from the ones seen inside the pitchwhere are you looking to be protagonist. And he was this past Saturday in Tenerife’s victory against Ibiza (2-0) scoring two goals in 18 minutes.

The striker, on loan from Sporting Braga, arrived on last market day after some arduous negotiations with Juan Carlos Cordero, the blue and white sports director, who fought for his signing until the end. And soon, the Burgos Start to return that trust. In his third game with the island shirt, he was decisive.

It premiered against Leganés and then he was a starter in Santo Domingo and Ibiza. “This game was more of my stylewith spaces to run as I like. In Alcorcón I didn’t feel so comfortable, but it wasn’t because of me. This time I felt very good, butbasically i’m not here yet a mi best level; he wasn’t up to much more”, he recounted with some shyness after the victory against the Balearic Islands.

The truth is Mario, who will turn 26 this Friday, is used to partying. Yes he did it in the quarry of Villarreal B what served him for debut in the First Division against Granada (1-1), in august 2016, from the hand of Escribá. Although it was a fleeting step, he already wrote his name in the minds of many football fans.

I would play three gamess more with the “Yellow Submarine” in the elite until he decided cross the border and try your luck at portuguese football. The Tondela He gave him the opportunity and he took advantage of it, scoring no less than 15 goals in 27 games, numbers that aroused the interest of Sporting de Braga, which he joined this past summer.

He is not a very corpulent striker, but area is his natural habitat, though you can also see comfortable going down to partner. Against Ibiza he showed his different ways of finishing: the 1-0 was a cross shot as soon as he stepped into the area and the 2-0 was achieved by chipping the ball before goalkeeper Domínguez left. “Instinct told me that I had to raise it. It was nice, really,” he said. Mario González, the introverted scorer who came to Tenerife to dream in the year of its Centenary.