Ovation and celebration with a champion of 78 in the return with defeat of Cuti Romero to Tottenham
The defender played the entire game in the fall against Aston Villa, where Dibu Martínez went to the bank. It was 2-0 for the Villains, with a goal from Emiliano Buendía.
in the aftermath of comebacks at their clubs of the world champions of Qatar 2022, this Sunday it was the turn of Cristian Cuti Romero with the Tottenham shirt. And the return was with an ovation and a photo with an Argentine champion in 1978. Although the story did not end well. It is that his team lost to Aston Villa 2-0 in their first match of 2023,
Romero started as a starter in the Premier League match against the Villains, where Emiliano Dibu Martínez was not in the starting eleven, who waited for an opportunity that never came from the bench.
El Cuti Romero, firm in the brand on his return to Tottenham. (Archyde.com)
Before the start of the game, Tottenham presented Romero with a plaque for winning the World Cup and as part of the celebrations was Osvaldo Ardiles, champion with Argentina in 1978, who wore the Spurs shirt for almost a decade -he was a few months away during the Malvinas War when he ended up at PSG-.
On the side of Aston Villa and the other Argentine who lifted the Cup in Qatar, the Spanish coach Unai Emery had already announced that Dibu Martínez was going to be a substitute and that he had to evaluate his physical and mental level.
“I’m going to talk to him because I want him to control his emotions. We must have values, we must watch our behavior when we are together and against the players of the opposing team,” he had raised in line with his criticism of the celebrations of the world champion goalkeeper in Qatar .
The match was very tight. The good performance of Cuti Romero -who completed the 90 minutes and ended with a yellow card- did not prevent his team from ending with a smile. It is that Aston Villa won 2-0 as a visitor.
The first goal of the year in the Premier League was scored by another Argentine. The lucky one was Emiliano Buendía, who took advantage of a doubt and a rebound from Hugo Lloris, the French goalkeeper runner-up in the world in the Middle East, to break parity on the Tottenham pitch five minutes into the first half after an assist from Ollie Watkins.
Then, when the locals were looking to balance the score, the Brazilian Douglas Luiz put the final numbers, who defined with a lot of class after a great assist from Scotsman John McGinn. The two protagonists of the play left the court injured.
With this result, Tottenham was in fifth place in the Premier League standings, with 30 points, 13 behind the unstoppable Arsenal. Aston Villa, meanwhile, sails in the middle of the table with 21 units, eight behind Wolverhampton and Nottingham Forest, which are currently in the relegation zone.