Youssef En-Nesyri He faced Diego López to put the 1-2 that gave Sevilla the victory against Espanyol and crashed the ball into the perico goal. Fortunately for the Moroccan, the assistant declared an offside what later confirmed the video image… But by then there were already many sevillistas who returned to regret the striker’s lack of aim, evidenced several times in latest matches, since he returned from the Africa Cup.
Before Osasuna, for example, Youssef failed another clear shot against Sergio Herrera. And several against Elche, when Lopetegui decided to replace him at the end of the first half. Against Dinamo Zagreb and in Cornellá, the North African only played the last half hour, but without giving reasons to recover a site that due to Martial’s injury he will surely have again in Croatia this Thursday or even in the derby on Sunday.
From the point of view of many fans, En-Nesyri undergoes an involution until those beginnings of 2020, when he arrived from Leganés, in which he was criticized for his lack of skill in front of the opposite goal and even the lack of finesse in many ball controls. Months of criticism that the Fez battering ram knew how to scare away to become Sevilla’s top scorer last season with 24 goals official between League and Champions.
En-Nesyri did not start badly at all this season either, with three goals and an assist in the first six days. But a muscle injury that, reproduced, would barely allow him to act for a few minutes in October against Osasuna, kept him out of play for almost three full months. He left 20 minutes against Barcelona in Sevilla’s last game before Christmas but he immediately left with Morocco for the Africa Cup. With the Atlas Lions, Although he scored a bit, he was not fine either.
And now En-Nesyri has not returned to catch the wave of the goal in Seville. Scorer against Espanyol, 9 league goals already added, it seems that Rafa Mir once again takes the lead over his competition in the Seville lead. Youssef will have to recover again a credit that after his exceptional last campaign seemed already assured.