AC Milan signed Santiago Gimenez in the January mercato and after his first goal for the club at the weekend, his second start was not as fruitful.
Gimenez arrived from Feyenoord at the end of the January mercato after the announcement that Milan would play the Dutch outfit in the Champions League, setting up a possible dream return for the Mexican.
However, it did not go this way. The striker, and the rest of the Fantastic Four for that matter, all struggled in the Netherlands – which has led to suggestions that the system could be tabled already – with Feyenoord now heading to San Siro with a 1-0 advantage.
Throughout the game, his former teammate David Hancko wound him up (with the defender proudly admitting this after the game), and Gijs Smal spoke about his outlook on the game and his former teammate after the game and Milan Press relayed his words.
“We started well, with many transitions, finding the free partner. We are happy, of course. We won today, but we haven’t done anything yet. It was a good night for all the Feyenoord fans, but we have a duty to do the same in San Siro.
“Gimenez opponent? He is strange. I worked seven months with him, every day. Then you see the news and goodbye: he’s gone. It was special playing against him. Outside I spoke to him a little bit, I asked him how things were going.
“He was not very happy today, hopefully we can hurt him again next week. We know what he can do on the pitch and we will have to stop him.”
Santi played so poorly, it was as if he wanted Feyenoord to win. And honestly, I know these guys were teammates of his until a week ago, but don’t go greet everyone in the tunnel before the match and smile and laugh and give hugs. It was just such a weird look, even our players were glancing over at him like “what are you doing?”. After the match, fine. But that was not a good look.
Look like santi is traitor.
being professional means you can give hugs and kisses before the game and still score a hat trick – and not celebrate it. That’s what it means.
The feyernoord defenders had his number on speed dial. Nothing he could do about it. They knew his movements and all. The fab 4 hype didn’t work out practically and the bench was sub par.
Not in the tunnel on the way onto the field. That’s the time to focus, stick with your team and get ready to play. He made sure to greet every single Feyenoord player. That’s not appropriate, concentrate on the big match ahead of you.
Hopefully he makes them eat their words next week. I’ll back him to score a couple as long as he gets service.
Felix thought he was the star striker in the first leg and there were a couple of opps to put Santi in (from Leao as well) but he thought he would try the shot instead.
If we don’t feed him, he won’t score..