Linda Caicedo nearly scored a goal on her Real Madrid debut

Couldn’t be better Linda Caicedo’s debut with Real Madrid, who after being introduced to the Spanish club on February 24, began to show some of his great talent. The same that made her a star of the Colombia women’s national team and a crack for the whole world.

Even if only played about 20 minutes In their first game, as a substitute and without touching the ball as many times, it only took one action in attack to knock the fans out of their seats. merenguewho expected to see her on the playground.

The game has ended 5-1 for Real Madrid against Alhamawhich keeps them very close to the Barcelona leader, but the best news is that Linda Caicedo is ‘trapped’ with the white jersey, a smile and a big hope of becoming the star of the Madrid institution.

no preparation necessary

February 24 was the presentation of Linda Caicedo with Real Madridbeing the first female “coffee maker” to play with the Spanish club and the fourth Colombian to do so, since in the male branch they were Fredy Corner, Edwin Congo and James Rodriguez.

Although many football players around the world need a period of time to adapt not only to the tactical system of the coach and the play of their teammates, as well as to regain their physical condition, for the Valle del Cauca, it was not a problem, because she only needed a few training sessions to be available for your trainer Albert Toril.

This was demonstrated when he came on in the 74th minute of the match against Alhama, where Toril He took her onto the pitch to see how she was doing for a game, surprised by the quality of the Colombian, despite the little preparation time she needed.

goal almost scored

No cabe duda que el greater debut que puede to hold a jugador en un equipo de fútbol es mercando un gol, ya que es la primera muestra de confianza con el entrenador, compañeros y la afición, y por poco fue el caso de Linda Caicedo con el Real Madrid.

At minute 76, shortly after entering the field, he received a good pass from Nahikari Garciaentered the box unmarked, shot towards the left goal post and the ball has strayed, a few centimeters from the opposing goal.

Talents alongside

In the almost 20 minutes he spent Linda Caicedo On the pitch, he showed several things to highlight with Real Madrid that will be key to earning a place in the starting XI, where everyone expects him to be consolidated very soon.

As he showed in América, Deportivo Cali and the Colombian national teamthe player went to the sides of the pitch, standing out more on the left side than the right side, although her speed made her unstoppable at times until she entered the box.

Moreover, each time he went to half of the pitch, in the third quarter of the pitchwas essential in dragging the marks and leaving free spaces for her teammates, typical movements of a great professional and which surprised the fans, since it seemed that she understood herself well and in a short time with the other footballers of the Real Madrid on the pitch.

statements

On social media, many users praised the Linda Caicedo’s debut at Real Madridmostly because she wasn’t upstaged as she entered the match when the team had beaten Alhama, but instead wasted some of her talent and received some applause.

He journalist Felipe Sierra He wrote that the Colombian was a crowd favourite, even before stepping onto the pitch, because of the way she bonded with Madrid supporters: “Linda Caicedo is already signing autographs. He did it in Murcia during the warm-up”.

Clara Luz Roldán, Governor of the Valleyhe wishes Linda a lot of success in the merengue team and hopes that in the next game she can score her first goal: “I’m sure it won’t take many games to score.”

However, there was no shortage of users blaming the striker for missing a goal, the reporter appeared there. Melissa Martinez to defend it: “Linda’s first game and people are already criticizing…whoever writes does it with a bored soul and she debuts in Europe.”