Victor Davila He is the player of the moment. The CSKA Moscow forward is the most outstanding footballer of the emerging Gareca era and is becoming the scorer that La Roja so needed in previous processes.
In fact, The native of Iquique has started in the three duels that Chile has played under the Argentine coach and with the ‘9’ on his back, he already has three goals to his name. And this successful equation, number and celebrations, caused one of the emblems of the National Team to dedicate a fun post to it on social networks.
We talk about Ivan Zamorano, the eternal captain of the Everyone’s Team and fourth all-time top scorer with 34 goals in 69 games. The same one who yesterday observed how several internet users compared the one trained in Huachipato with his headers in La Roja.
In it you can see the actor Tobey Maguire in one of the scenes from Spider-Man from 2002, where he looks – without his glasses – at a photo of Dávila and when he puts on the glasses he discovers that it is Zamorano. “Vamos Chile”, “Golazos” and “Grande Víctor Dávila”, It can be read in the Instagram story of the World Cup winner in France 98.
The arrival of Gareca to the bench of the national team was a real leap in quality for the former steel player, since had debuted with the national colors on October 12, 2018, with Reinaldo Rueda in the technical direction, and had never been able to inflate the nets in the eight previous matches to the duel with Albania.
But that time with Juan Pinto Durán made his bond with the Golden Generation become stronger every day. In fact, Dávila is a friend of Alexis Sánchez and they both share an unusual anecdote about some soccer shoes that the Tocopillano gave to the Iquiqueño when he was a sparring partner for the two-time champions of America.
Furthermore, the humility with which he faces this rise in his career means that the most experienced people treat him with respect since his speeches always show that he has his feet on the ground. “I think that What was punctual for this performance has been the trust that the technical director has given me and I hope to continue supporting him on the field, with good performances, with goals and assists,” he reveals after scoring two goals in the Ñuñoa colossus.
Conquests that allowed him to fulfill a wish he had since he was a child. “Scoring a goal with the National Stadium full is the dream of any Chilean. Things are going very positively for me, I hope to continue contributing to the National Team in the same way,” he concludes.
