The unpredictability of Zini gave birth to “Zinicious”

As the football stock market turns red, scouting is what makes and will make the difference. AEK have found Zenny in Angola and with the momentum he has gained the 21-year-old will not delay in asking for more time on the grass.

In the derby with Olympiacos, thanks to the absence of Livia Garcia-Gacinovic, Matias Almeida looked for something more in attack and gave the opportunity to the Angolan Zini. This isn’t the first time the Argentine has pushed the 21-year-old into battle, but this was the most important.

Zini’s case is one that combines three requirements in football for this type of situation: scouting, the coach’s faith and the ideal development of the athlete. Indeed, in the OPAP Arena match, the world witnessed the best performance of this particular player in his career with the Yellow and Black so far.

Not only because Zinni performed these unexpected and daring actions, but mainly because he showed that he has improved. He was a different kid coming in to play for AEK B’ – Olympiacos B’ and a completely different player on Sunday at the OPAP Arena.

From the first moment Zenny appeared, we understood that he relied on his speed and stride. However, against Olympiacos, we saw the fantasy striker, who looks like he has the potential to develop into an AEK regular down the side rather than up top. The raw material is clearly there but the 21-year-old needs to work to combine talent, determination and game control. That is, when circumstances force him to put enthusiasm aside and play with the right thinking.

He made the world depend on him

His appearance (his haircut also helped) was such that in the final minutes of the match, it did not take long for the crowd, combined with the player’s anxiety and his first actions, to shout several times “The ball is for Zini, come on…”. Vinicius.”

Obviously, we are not getting into comparisons between the late arrival of men’s football with a global star carrying the attack of the best team in the history of the Champions League.

However, history, as it seemed to develop, was created in a single night… Zenicius of Ec. There was a period of time, in fact, when the Union needed it due to injuries and for reasons of display and a team found a player that the coach created and promoted.

The way AEK competes in the Almeida era is very tough and one does not enter their mind or body not ready to play. So, from Zeni, even for a few minutes we saw battles in the air, pressure, a shot that had the ball turned over early and Pashalakis had not caught it would have been the goal of the year and some other movements in the goal. The main point of the game is that the player brings out his imagination and produces unexpected moves. All points earned are in his favour.

All of the above is important because it testifies to El-Zeini’s improvement and nothing more. It is now up to the player to take advantage of the momentum to give and take more from his coach to shout in essence I am here not to help but to star.