After a few weeks of doubts and questions from Boca Juniors fans, Luis Advíncula has rediscovered his best level. The arrival of Jorge Almirón on the Xeneize bench improved the tense atmosphere in the Auriazul store and one of the biggest beneficiaries is the Peruvian winger. ‘Bolt’ has scored two goals in his last four games, the curious thing is that both goals were left-footed. As if that wasn’t enough, Boca’s new DT decided to field the national team in the position he started in football: from the far right.
With a River classic just around the corner, the international network ESPN decided to contact a Peruvian with a past at Boca Juniors to comment on Advíncula’s presence and share his impressions of the transcendental meeting between xeneizes and millionaires: Nolberto Solano.
The ‘Maestrito’ praised ‘Bolt’ for his good gift and hinted that the Peruvian’s good moment was no coincidence as Advíncula already knows what it’s like to play as a winger or attacker on the right. “‘Luchito’ started out as a midfielder, he was an attacker because of his speed. At one point, Markarian was excited when he saw that there were no right-backs in the national team and saw a future for him as a full-back. It’s no surprise for him, to play where he played,” he said.
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In another part of his conversation with ESPN, Solano said that during his time as the Peru team’s technical assistant, he always praised Advíncula’s left-footed striker. “He has a big advantage, something we always told him in the national team, which is his left foot. I would have liked to have had his left foot to do diagonals with his speed and hit him when he scores,” he added .
Finally, the former international tried to explain what the classic will be this Sunday, May 7th. “Almirón has a lot of experience. In these games you have to know how to use your head. When you go well you don’t have to trust yourself because the injured rival will want to recover from their last one. You have to know how to play intelligently deal with it,” he said.