Mir and the ‘Luis Fallamos’ syndrome

Youssef En-Nesyri He is making progress in his recovery but it does not seem that he will reach the Sevilla match in Balaídos, where, except for an attacking experiment, Rafa Mir will return to form as a center forward. The Murcian forward’s numbers are not bad, especially in LaLiga, where he has scored two goals in the 239 minutes he played. One every 120 ‘. But games such as Granada or Wolfsburg in the Champions League, the last two, place certain doubts on him in part of the Sánchez-Pizjuán fans. A crowd that is especially sensitive to attackers in recent times.

Me he begins to suffer, like so many other tips, the ‘Luis Fallamos’ syndrome. This is how the Nervión stands nicknamed Brazilian Luis Fabiano, considered over the years one of the best strikers in the history of Sevilla. Luis Fabiano arrived in 2005 and did not score his first goal until the ninth league game, against Valencia. He finished the first round with two, those led by Rafa Mir, and the stands ‘cracked’ from his signing as it did from another star signed that same summer, Frederic Kanouté. The Mali did not score in the league until matchday 15, although in UEFA he had soon achieved two doubles against Mainz and Besiktas. It continues to be one of the major references of Seville.

The suspicion and certain mistrust of the coaches made the career of forwards like Iago Aspas or Ciro Immobile very short (just one season), who before and especially after Sevilla have not stopped thrashing. Others like Negredo also took time to convince the fans before becoming one of the most important scorers of the last decade in Nervión, 85 goals in 180 official games to leave for Manchester City.

The last to experience distrust of the environment he has been Mir’s attacking partner, En-Nesyri. Signed in January 2020, just 22 months ago, the Moroccan lived his worst moment with Sevilla after failing to face Manuel Neuer the heads up, at the last moment, which would have given the Nervionenses their second European Super Cup. It happened in Budapest, just over a year ago. Since then has been top scorer with Lopetegui thanks to 18 goals in the League and six in the Champions League last year and another three add up to the regularity championship until his injury, against Espanyol. Youssef becomes the best balm for Rafa Mir to know how to manage misgivings from a very demanding stand, especially with those who play near the rival goal.