River’s youth offensive midfielder made history last night against Excursionistas for the Argentine Cup. With his goal, he surpassed a historic mark set by Saviola and equaled Agüero.
Franco Mastantuono He scored his first goal with the “Millonario” shirt in the victory against Hikers for the 32nd of the Argentine Cup. With 16 years, 5 months and 24 days, He became the youngest footballer to score in River’s history.
“El Colo” in this way surpassed none other than Javier Saviolawho had debuted on the network at 16 years, 10 months and 7 days, when he scored against Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy for the 1998 Apertura Tournament.
Mastantuono equaled “Kun” Agüero and is only surpassed by Maradona
But that is not all. Mastantuono not only achieved a record in Riverbut he also got on the podium of the youngest players to score a goal in the history of the argentine soccer.
With the goal he scored this Wednesday, he equaled the mark of Sergio Aguero (playing in Independent) with 16 years, 5 months and 24 days to score a goal in First division. Both are only surpassed by one Diego Armando Maradonawho scored his first goal at 16 years and 15 days with Argentinos Juniors.
What Mastantuono said after the record: the kiss on the shield and the number for Messi
The boom that the kid generated Mastantuono among the fans of River increased in the social networks when kissing the shield after scoring his first goal.
“Since 2019, every time I score a goal I kiss the shield because I feel a lot of love for the club. It was the club that fed me when I was a child. It is a very big emotion and it made me want to cry because it is a dream that comes true. “it made me come true”said the record boy.
Besides, Franco Mastantuono expressed his admiration for Lionel Messi and recognized that the 30 on his back is in his honor. ““I have him as an idol, I admire him a lot and wearing that number is something very nice.”stated the player River in relation to the first number that the ‘Pulga’ used in Barcelona.
Source: Ambito
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