He is 21 years old. Sometimes his toughest critics forget that detail. They will say that Yamal, with 17, is already European champion, but it is not the same to train in the first world as in the third: the difference is like day and night, another story.
The detail is not less than the light of the last games of the boy for which the Arab market broke, in a transfer of 77 million euros, nothing less.
Durán, in its lowest hours
And it is that the criticisms have been ruthless with the boy after the elimination of the Asian Champions, because in the semifinal that Al-Nassr lost against Kawasaki Frontale he had at least three clear occasions that he could not define. It was the priority of the season for the Arabs and the Japanese left them out.
But it was not just that. Before, in the 2-3 victory against Damac, the Colombian reached the limit of the pro accumulation of yellow cards and, although the Stefano coach Poli warned him, he won the card in a silly action in the middle of the court and was out of the key duel, the classic against the leader of the Saudi Pro League, to the Ittihad of Benzema.
The match is definitive for Al-Nassr, as it must defend the third box in the table to qualify for the next Asian Champions. He will only return to the Al-Okhdoood duel on May 12.
Do you need psychological help?
Wilberth Perea, former Colombian coach in Envigado, said that, before accusations, the striker needs support.
“Durán needs good management. He is going through the same circumstances as veteran players. He must keep calm and not get carried away by anxiety or tension,” he said in statements to the Arabiya.net site.
“There has to be someone who hugged him psychologically and supports him socially, because he is exposed to many criticisms, some justified and others not, and that affects him a lot,” he added.
In his opinion, daily work must focus, in the hands of the best that is Cristiano Ronaldo, it is very precise points: “You must continue working on the definition of attacks through repetition and continuous training, since this will help you recover confidence. It has all the capabilities to reverse the situation.”
