The void that Falcao leaves

Falcao’s injury will leave a void at Rayo. His tear in the adductor magnus of the right thigh will have him in the dry dock for almost a month and, in principle, he will miss the games against Mallorca, Valencia and Espanyol. To relieve him up front, Iraola has several alternatives: Nteka, Guardiola and Qasmi. Even Andrés Martín, which this Wednesday made a double in the victory of the franjirrojos in the friendly against Castilla (1-3).

The importance of Falcao in this first third league has been remarkable, to the point that he has become the team’s top scorer, with five goals. A figure that he has reached in just 334 minutes, thus becoming the player with best performing average in First. Tiger dial every 66 minutes. Nobody gets it in such a short time. Hence The Vallecana entity has already started the renewal process for one more campaign (2023).

The Colombian continues to burn stages and making history with the Strip. With the Bernabéu, Falcao already collects 300 goals throughout his career in foreign clubs: 45 at River, 72 at Porto, 70 at Atlético, 83 at Monaco, one at Chelsea, 4 at Manchester United, 20 at Galatasaray and 5 at Rayo. “I thank God allowing me to get to 300. It is never too late to celebrate a milestone. I thank all those who in one way or another have allowed me to get here“He put on his social networks.

The claws of the Tiger have had this course significant victims. He scored the winning goal against Athletic (1-2) and Barça (1-0) and also scored against Real Madrid (2-1), breathing oxygen into his team to seek a draw at the last gasp. Falcao enters the club of illustrious Colombians who have wet against whites and culés. He joins James and Cucho Hernández.