05/03/2023 at 7:00 p.m.
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Germán Cano, from Fluminense, shares the title of ‘world gunner’ along with Haaland: both have scored 23 goals in 2023
At 35 years old, the Argentine striker from ‘Flu’ is a scoring machine: he has scored 23 goals in 21 official matches so far this year
Germán Cano can stick out his chest and say that he is the best scorer in the world today, sharing the limelight with Erling Haaland himself. Both have 23 goals in official matches in 2023.
In the case of the ‘9’ from Fluminense, this figure was reached last morning when he signed a hat-trick in the historic win against River Plate (5-1) corresponding to the third day of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores. This was the first time that the Millionaire received five goals in a game of the highest continental competition in South America.
With this victory, the team coached by Fernando Diniz (which incomprehensibly the CBF is not considering as a new coach), confirmed his full 9 points out of 9 possible. And, most importantly, he presented his credentials as one of the favorites for the continental title.
??? #AMagiaAcontece with Goose-Samuel-Cano! More than a goal @FluminenseFC No @maracana.#Liberators @CocaCola_Br pic.twitter.com/H8v936weh1
— CONMEBOL Libertadores (@LibertadoresBR) May 3, 2023
In this 2023, Germán Cano, who is 35 years old, has an average score of more than one goal per game: there are 23 goals in 21 official participations. At the moment, he has won the Carioca Championship and aspires to the big titles of the season. In the Copa do Brasil, for example, they will face Flamengo in a fratricidal duel in the round of 16. Haaland, for his part, has achieved the same number of goals in 23 games.
In the ‘Flu’, he has the status of leader and icon of the sports project. In 2022, he already scored 44 goals (in 70 official matches) in what was his best scoring year. And now, he is on his way to breaking his own record.
Emerged in Lanús where he made his professional debut in 2008, Cano has spent most of his career away from his country, so he is not a footballer well known by the Argentine public… until this last morning he scored three so many to the river There have been many voices on social networks asking Lionel Scaloni to call him up for the main team.
The gunner’s devotion to the Albiceleste is out of place. So much so that, in December, during his holidays, he traveled with his family to Qatar to cheer on his team, which would end up winning the World Cup.
