2021 is the year of Luis Diaz. After a spectacular Copa América in which he was the figure of Colombia and chosen as the revelation of the tournament, now he continues with his mood and footballer at his club, Porto, where he fulfilled another great goal in the career of every footballer with a long career in Europe.
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For the third date of the Portuguese league, the Colombian team played against Marítimo, in a match that ended 1-1. In the final stretch of the first half, when the match still had no goals, Díaz took advantage of a rebound that left the ball dead almost on the rival goal line and pushed it to partially put Porto ahead.
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This is the Colombian’s second goal in the current tournament in just three games. The other had made it the first date, when, at home, Porto beat Belenenses by 2-0 and the winger was the author of the goal that sentenced history at the start of the season for his team and also for him.
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HISTORY IN PORTUGAL
In the duel against Marítimo, Luis Díaz reached 100 games for Porto, a figure that leaves him among the 60 players with more games played with that shirt. For that reason, the club recognized him on their social networks. With his high level, he is also the figure of the team, which will try to regain its power in the league after the Sporting Lisbon was consecrated in the past season.
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Although he still has too much to catch up with Helton, the footballer who played the most games for the club with 333 and is still far from other top South Americans such as Jesús Corona -current partner- with 269 and Héctor Herrera, with 245, begins to climb the Colombian table.
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Díaz arrived at Porto at the beginning of the 2018/19 season and all this trajectory allowed him to surpass other great compatriots of his, such as Radamel Falcao (87) and Mateus Uribe (89). In addition, he is only eight games away from catching James Rodríguez, and to be the third coffee grower with the most games in the Portuguese team. A milestone that you will reach in the coming weeks.
Díaz, always key in Porto. EFE.
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Higher up in the table, there are other great Porto footballers who are also Colombians who are in the sights of the former Junior Barranquilla footballer. Who? Fredy Guarín, with 116, and Jackson Martínez, with 136. Two goals that he can easily overcome this season andAmong all the commitments that the club has, both domestic and international.
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THE FUTURE OF LUIS DÍAZ
The great performance of the Colombian in the America Cup positioned it as one of the best valued tokens on the European pass market. Several were the teams who were interested in him, like Tottenham and Roma, but evidently few who can disburse the money that Porto intends for him.
The clause that the Portuguese team put him to avoid a surprise exit was 80 million euros! Diaz came in for just $ 8 million, but his growth in all aspects of the game caused his price to skyrocket that way.
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It is true that it is unlikely that someone will invest that money, more in a pandemic context. But none could come close to what Porto intends to at least sit down to negotiate his departure from the club and that is why everything indicates that, less than 10 days after the closing of the European market, the future of Luis Díaz will continue in Portugal.