Julian Alvarez had its premiere this Wednesday in Manchester Cityand as owner, in the friendly that the English team beat Americaof Mexicoby 2 a 1 in Houston, United States. Coach Joseph Guardiola chose that former River Plate striker, from 22 yearswill debut at the first opportunity available since the Cordovan arrived in the United Kingdom.
This time dressed in red and black with his alternative shirt, the sky-blue club prevailed with goals from the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne in two precise definitions, at 29 and 45 minutes; Henry Martin achieved a temporary equality at 42. Álvarez, born in Calchín on January 31, 2000, 70 minutes on the pitch, as Pep Guardiola replaced him with Call Delap at 25 of the final stage. The NRG stadium was packed, with many supporters of both teams.
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The footballer of the Argentine national team used the number 19, which is not the one he used in River, a team in which he became known with the 9 on his back. His performance had sparks of his usual mobility in three quarters of the court, after a few initial minutes in which he was very confined near the crescent. About the end of the initial period he had a good scoring chancebut got tangled up with the ball and took it off jonathan rodriguez. However, generally speaking your presentation was acceptableand Guardiola greeted him with an affectionate pat on the stomach as Álvarez walked off the pitch.
In turn, the stellar contract was left on the City bench, the Norwegian Erling Haalandformer attacker of Borussia Dortmund, from Germany, who will surely have the opportunity to debut this Saturday at the Lambeau Field stadium, of Green Bay Packers, located in Wisconsin, when the “citizens” face at 20 of Argentina, in a new friendly also televised by ESPN, with Bayern Munich, which some years ago was directed by Guardiola. Now with Sadio Mané, who comes from Liverpool, the European runner-up, the German team also thrashed DC United in Washington on Wednesday 6-2, with a penalty from the Senegalese.