2023-08-08 19:24:17
What is certain is that the Paris-SG QSI version had not yet possessed this type of player, apart from possibly Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, for the ability to mobilize a defense, or even Edinson Cavani if we stops at his activity rate on the pitch.
Gonçalo Ramos, 22, was renamed “the Demolisher” by the Portuguese daily A Bola after his first tenure in Seleçao, in the round of 16 of the World Cup against Switzerland (6-1, December 6 2022).
The qualifier stuck well to the character, beyond this evening of grace when, preferred to Cristiano Ronaldo, he became the first player involved in four goals in a World Cup match in the 21st century (3 goals, 1 assist) and the youngest scorer of a hat-trick in the knockout event since Pelé in 1958. Not bad for an element that had never been called up to the A before the publication of the list of 23 Portuguese. When he is in good shape, the native of Olhao can effectively destroy a defense by harassing it, deploying a rare activity.
27 goals and 12 assists last season
In Qatar, Gonçalo Ramos was less inspired against Morocco in the quarter-finals (0-1). And his end to last season with Benfica was more anonymous, like a less flamboyant team in the spring. But he has too unique a profile not to attract recruiters. Beyond enviable statistics (27 goals and 12 assists in 47 matches with Benfica in 2022-2023), the one who was trained in midfield until under 19 really knows how to do everything. He is a complete attacker. At Benfica, he advantageously took over from Darwin Nuñez. The Uruguayan had more punch than his Portuguese successor, but a less wide register, a less fluid relationship with the ball.
Gonçalo Ramos can adapt to small spaces, be useful with his back to goal as well as in depth. Is he a great striker? Not yet, no doubt, otherwise he would have left at the price of his clause, i.e. 120 M€. He will never be this star who frees himself from the collective to shine alone, and the last few months have cast doubt on his ability to grow further. But he will always be, at worst, a precious ally for his partners, with his ability to swallow the kilometers at high intensity, to play with others, to press the opposing rearguard. His profile fit perfectly with the ambitious precepts of Roger Schmidt in Lisbon. It will be all the more successful if Luis Enrique manages to give the Parisian game the intensity that it has lacked for years.
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