Agustín Álvarez is one of the jewels of Peñarol, and Uruguayan football in general. The striker of just 20 years old, It’s already him 9 holder of the Carboneroswhich has made vvarious European soccer clubs and the South American elite have set their sights on him.
the battering ram, The 2022 academic year has not started in a good way. Álvarez does not know what it means to score a goal from November last yearand so he has only finished the game twice since the start of the course, except for the Super Cup match.
His last goal was against Cerro Largo, on the 13th day of Closing of the First Division of Uruguay, a match that was played on November 23, where Peñarol tied 2 against his rival. Since then, Álvarez adds ten consecutive games without finding a door, something striking, but at the same time common in many strikers of those we call ‘streaks’.
‘The Canary’, as he is nicknamed, he is still very young, and it was a possibility that by establishing himself definitively as a player of the highest level in his country, could have some drop in performance in their performances, although everything indicates that if he is capable of exploiting his potential and manages to recover the sensations that made him win that difficult position, once again be that bet on the future of Uruguayan football that everyone points to.
Wanted among the best
For some time now, the media have echoed several rumors that placed several clubs in the bid for Álvarez. At the time, both Madrid and Barcelona seemed interested in the attacker. What’s more, Fiorentina and Milan They were also options for him to stop in Italy.
More recently, a club like Almería, where another of the Uruguayan pearls passed Darwin Nunez, and great projects of Mexican soccer have been directly related to the 9 of Peñarol. For now, the player is still part of the Carbonero squad during this course.
Controversial moment against Colón
The last meeting of Peñarol has been the one that has faced Colón de Santa Fe on the first date of Liberatorsand where they fell 2-1 with a goal in added time from Facundo Farias. In this meeting, Álvarez was substituted in the 60th minute, something that the player did not like.
Alvarez he received with surprise the announcement of the tablet with his dorsal, which caused his withdrawal from the field, the striker gesticulated and entered into an exchange of words with his coach. The striker’s temperament has always been hot-blooded, and by all appearances, this event has not gone any further than is usual in a difficult time like this.
