The Spanish Iván Marcanorecovered from a very serious injury that kept him away from the stadiums for a year and a half, It is at its highest level and its team, Portobets on his veteran to straighten his course in the Portugal League.
With its reinstatement just a month ago, Porto has won in defensive cohesion and form of form of Player has even impressed his coach.
“(Marcano) wins all duels and runs as if he were 17 years old”said the Argentine coach Martín Anselmi In a recent press conference, in which he assured that the Spanish player “It brings a voice of command, experience, much intelligence and wisdom.”
Marcano brings a voice of command, experience, much intelligence and wisdom
And his veteran It makes the difference in a port that crosses a period of instability -it is room in the league– And with a young template, with players like your compatriot Found agrhowa and the Portuguese Rodrigo Moraaged 20 and 17, respectively.
“May your son see him play again”
Anselmi also revealed the motivation of Marcano's recovery: “May his son see him play again.”
The Spanish footballer He started against Arouuca (0-2) last March and since then has not come out of eleven of the Argentine coach.
Besides, captained the Porto Last Saturday in his visit to the Solela da Amador (defeat 2-0), The same place where he suffered a serious right knee injury on September 15, 2023.
At 37 and before his second broken ligament in that knee After the one suffered in 2020, His return seemed a miragebut 533 days later the defense stepped on the grass wearing the blue and white shirt.
“It has been a very difficult year and a half, With a complicated recovery. (…) I thought I wasn't going to come back, I'm proud of it “he declared Marcano After Saturday's game.
It has been a very difficult year and a half. I thought I was not going to come back, I'm proud of it
Contract ends in June
Pillar of the team but with a long history of injury, andThe future of Iván Marcano is an unknown that will have to clarify soon, since His contract with Porto expires at the end of next June.
The Spanish central He has not specified whether he is considering ending his career or renewing his contractbut, in statements after Saturday's defeat, he made a promise: “We will try to make the Oporto we know the next season.”
We will try that the next season is the Porto we know
Iván Marcano Sierra (Santander, 1987) It was formed in the quarry of Racing of Santander And went through him Villarreal, Getafe, the Greek Olympiacos and Rubin Kazan Russian Before arriving in the Port in 2014.
After an unsuccessful step through Rome in the 2018-19 campaignthe 'dragons' signed him again for a second stage, marked by his Invincible Association with former Madridist Pepe and for the beginning of his lesions.
In Portugal, Marcano also revealed his scoring talent and, With 30 goals, it is the most target defense in the history of Portowith which he has won Three leagues, three glasses, a cup of the league and a Portuguese Super Cup.
