Agustín Auzmendi: Motagua's Top Scorer and Impact on the Team

2023-11-09 22:37:26

2023-11-09

When Motagua decided to sign forward Agustín Auzmendi, he had to take out his checkbook; he was a forward who was valued highly and is discounting every dollar that the board pays him in goals. Although the team’s performance has not been as expected, on an individual level their numbers are that of a true gunner.

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The Argentine is already the Apertura’s top scorer with 11 goals, and he also finished as the leading scorer in the Central American Cup with 7 goals. In total he has scored 18 goals in 24 games to have a performance of 43% of the goals scored by the blue team this season.

“I feel very good, I think I am helping my teammates from my place, and we are doing a very good job,” said Auzmendi about his good moment that he is experiencing in his first games with the deep blue shirt.

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The gunslinger also stood out with Potros de Olancho where only two tournaments were enough for him to demonstrate his scoring instinct. In the Olancho pampas he scored 23 goals in 35 games, which earned him Motagua to add him to their ranks.

After his double against Lobos UPN in the rescheduled game, Auzmendi became more separated from Jerry Bengtson who faded in recent times. Auzmendi’s average goals per game is 0.75 goals per game, which represents that in the National League he scores 38% of the goals that the blues score in the local championship.

Of his 11 goals in the Apertura dressed in blue, El Pistolero has only scored two from penalties, the rest have been from plays, five inside the area with his foot and four with his head, which demonstrates his ability as a “killer”. His favorite victim has been two teams: Victoria (3), UPN (2), Real España (2), Vida (2), and one each Olancho FC and Marathón. He still hasn’t scored against Olimpia.