Monumental, that is the word to define Miguel Ángel Borjawho is not only the top scorer in South American soccer, but now equaled Falcao’s mark wearing the River Plate shirt and also became one of the top scorers in the world, above Cristiano Ronaldo, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden .
This Sunday, River received Tigre for matchday four of the second phase of the Professional League and Miguel gave a recital to contribute to his team’s victory. El Millonario defeated the Victoria team 3-1 with a Hat-Trick and a luxury performance by the Colombian. During the visit, Gonzalo Maroni scored from a maximum penalty, with whom Borja also had a small encounter.
Two penalty goals and an accurate shot from the heart of the area were the scores that made the forward take the ball home. and will enter the top five of the world’s top scorers with 22 goals. After the game, with the humility that characterizes him, the Colombian only said “glory to God for all that, first because we won and it contributed to the team,” when he was informed that he had surpassed figures like Cristiano, Haaland and Harry Kane.
“In 2016 I was also on that side (being one of the world’s top scorers) and “That’s the idea I have this year, to be able to be on par with them,” expressed the ‘Hummingbird’ who reached 22 goals in the 24 games he has played in all competitions so far in 2024 and is ranked fourth among the world’s scorers. “It is something very nice that motivates one to continue working and continue making an effort,” he added.
Miguel has also been characterized as a player who assists his teammates, he has three this year, but today, they were the ones who worked for him, and they even had him close to scoring the fourth, “I had it there, Today my teammates helped me very well, in the first half I also had one with Claudio (Echeverri), very nice, very good“That type of play always gives you clarity, you just have to rest and think about what’s coming,” said the scorer who will soon join the Colombian National Team camp.
With the national team Borja will play the friendlies with the United States and Bolivia, where he hopes to have a good performance that will continue to profile him as one of the forwards for the Copa América, his numbers support him, we will have to wait for Néstor Lorenzo’s list.
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