Óscar Estupinán is living his best sporting moment in Portugal at the age of 25. The Colombian has reached football maturity in a remarkable way during this course where he has boosted his goalscoring figures. The forward has not yet played in this 2022 because he tested positive a week ago.
“Victoria reports that the player of the main soccer team Oscar Estupiñán tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, being in isolation and complying with the provisions of the contingency plan”, communicated the Portuguese club. The player is expected to be on the pitch this Monday, January 17, in the match against Portimonense.
This season, Estupiñán has played a total of 960 minutes spread over 13 Primeira Liga games, since he missed the first two days due to injury, the 12th due to technical decision and the last due to the positive in Covid. His participation inside the area has increased by far, adding six goals and one assist and he is two goals away from equaling last season’s records, and we must add the goal in the Allianz Cup. These numbers have meant the sum of 16 points for Vitoria de Guimaraes, which is struggling to reach the European positions. Now they are only three away from that fifth place that would lead to the Europa League.
Colombia faces Peru on January 27, a decisive match for fourth place in the World Cup in Qatar. A few days later, on February 2, they will play against an Argentina that is no longer at stake. Estupiñán’s performance could open the doors of his national team to be present in these two dates of South American Qualifiers. The decision will be made by Reinaldo Rueda in a few days. Meanwhile, the striker will continue to amaze Vitoria fans with his goals and assists.
