He has scored in six games in a row, 9 goals. If he keeps playing like this he'll win the balon de oro.
And it was a header on a set piece. I mentioned this in another thread but if we could get him and Mina and Falcao in the same lineup on set pieces with James and JuanFer crossing to them... .. Oh boy oh boy can we be lethal against any defense we face.
I'm not really surprised, his underlying numbers were really good last year, his playing time wasn't always consistent but he was getting chances and creating at levels in the Serie A close to guys like Dzeko who were obviously on better attacking teams. This season Duvan 0.55 Expected Goals and 0.40 expected Assists both per 90 Icardi 0.66 G 0.22 A Immobile 0.53 G 0.23 A Last Season Duvan 0.40 ExG 0.15 ExA Icardi 0.69 ExG 0.14 ExA Immobile 0.71 0.23 Dzeko 0.51 0.21 Duvan's numbers were pretty good last season playing for a team that was not attacking anywhere near the rate that the big clubs were, this season he's picked up the pace but being the main CF on a decent attacking team he's really thriving. I'd like to see him with James and JFQ I'd imagine his goals and chance creation would be solid and as always he working hard defensively, wins a lot of balls and can also drift wide and beat his defender if needed.
Duvan Zapata6 goals from January to November9 goals in December— Michael Yokhin (@Yokhin) December 29, 2018
Something is clicking this month. We also have to consider that he was coming off an injury that kept him out of the World Cup. Maybe now he is fully 100%?
incredible, hope that all months become december for duvan 9 - Duván #Zapata scored nine league goals on December 2018: only Gunnar Nordahl has scored more in a single month in Serie A (10 goals on February 1950). Insatiable. #SassuoloAtalanta pic.twitter.com/wqb6BIYIzM— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) December 29, 2018
well deserved, hope wont be the only 🚨NOTICIA🚨➡️ Duván Zapata🇨🇴 ha recibido el Premio al Mejor Jugador del Mes de Diciembre de la AIC🏆. pic.twitter.com/fIpfc9t51w— Serie A 🇮🇹 (@SerieA_Goleador) January 9, 2019
Y una asistencia, una ! Cagliari - Atalanta : 0-2 Partidazo de Coppa Italia. Juve - Atalanta en 1/4...
That assist is the ultimate definition of the express “hold up play”. Love it! https://streamja.com/jWAe
Wonder if he scored again this weekend if a bigger club will panic buy him Tho hope he stays there till the end of the season
Hopefully the team that would "Panic buy" him would be a bigger team in Italy. Not a mid table Premiere League team.
Yea Milan and Inter are cluster fks until they build their own stadium. Tho Think they finally agreed to just upgrade the current one or potentially buy it. Juve is just crushing everyone else in Italy because they own their stadium and get more in ticket sales I just want Duvan to keep this goal scoring going till he helps us lift the title in Brazil. After that he can go who pays him best.