Where did you go: about the hot striker in the Spanish league

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September 24, 2020. The European Super Cup final at the Franz Puskas Stadium in Budapest. In the 87th minute Joseph Ann Nasiri Could have bought his world and brought Sevilla the coveted title against the European champions. In a 1-1 draw, the Moroccan striker was sent one-on-one against Manuel Neuer but the kick he sent was repelled to the corner. Bayern scored a goal in extra time and shattered the hopes of the Andalusians. Ann Nasiri took the miss and the loss very badly. He lay down on the grass in the Hungarian capital and did not stop crying.

Ann Nasiri did not bury his head in the grass for too long and a week later he had already scored a winning goal against Levante in extra time. Four months have passed since then and life has returned to smile for the Sevilla striker, in a way that very few people have imagined. Last Saturday, Anne Nasiri scored a hat-trick against Cadiz (0: 3) and climbed to the top of the Spanish league scoring table with 12 conquests in 19 rounds. Equal only to Luis Suarez from Atletico Madrid and above Leo Messi from Barcelona and Kerim Benzema from Real Madrid. Two weeks earlier he had allowed a trio against Real Sociedad and became Sevilla’s first player since 1943 to mark two consecutive hat-tricks at Ramon Sanchez Pischwan. A piece of achievement.

Ann Nasiri has come a long way to the pinnacle of the Spanish league’s pitch. As a teenager he grew up in the glorious youth academy of Muhammad VI in Morocco, before getting a chance at tests at Chelsea at the age of 17. Three weeks he tried to impress the Blues, but suffered from the freezing London cold and his skills were not enough to make the big leap. The one who noticed it is Malaga, who bought him for 125,000 euros in 2015 and a season later rose to the senior team and a taste of the senior Spanish league.

Could not stop the tears (Getty)


“His first touch on the ball was not good enough, nor was the decision-making. There were people in Malaga who began to doubt his maturity and seriousness,” the journalist wrote of him. Sid Lowe In the Guardian. Juanda Ramos, Who made his Malaga debut, saw things a little differently: “I was very impressed with his physical abilities so I decided to give him a chance in the squad, despite the tactical flaws in his game.” Ann Nasiri played two years at Malaga, with whom he was relegated, and then another season and a half at Belgans.

The top scorer in Spain never finished the season with a double-digit balance of the valleys so Sevilla’s turn to Leganes in January 2020 was a bit surprising. Technical director Monchi gambled and poured 20 million euros on the Moroccan who arrived on the replacement standard of Moanes Dabour (who did not get a chance and was sold to Hoffenheim), and Javier Hernandez, another player who did not acclimatize at Sanchez Pischwan. Ann Nasiri, who has had the image of a miss in his previous teams, had to wait a long time for his big chance, especially after Locke de Jong became Sevilla’s hero in the final stages of the Europa League until winning the title this summer.

In a season and a half he scored 11 of his 19 goals in Sevilla as a substitute. Only in early December did he start getting the lineup shirt on a regular basis. After a long search and rotations, Julen Luftaghi has finally found the ultimate front trio: his horse on the right wing, Lucas Occampus on the left and Van Nasiri at the top. The Moroccan, who has the best athletic abilities, already has 16 goals in all competitions (4 in the Champions League) more than any other player in Spain and a goal for every 91 minutes of the league this season. “Life always offers you a chance for revenge, you deserve it,” he wrote Monchi On Twitter after Anne Nasiri’s winning goal against Levante.

With all due respect to the outstanding conqueror, Sevilla did not put all its eggs in one basket. She recently added Papu Gomes, Atlanta’s Argentine playmaker who clashed with his coach Gian Piero Gasparini. The 32-year-old, who signed for two-and-a-half years, is set to be a serious addition to power and help Sevilla become a bigger attacking force and solve the problem of creativity the team suffers from in the Lofty era. The collaboration between Ann Nasiri and Gomes can be very intriguing and take the team one step further.

During the month, West Ham offered Sevilla 30 million for the fiery Ann Nasiri. The Spanish group rejected the offer and marks it with a price tag of 40 million. “I’m not going anywhere. I want to continue playing in Sevilla until the end of the season. I am in a big club,” the three-time groom said this week against Cadiz. Luftaghi, who usually does not usually treat players personally, said in an interview this week: “We are very pleased with Ann Nasiri’s recent performances. He is young and has more ability to develop and improve. He is in the ideal place for him.”

Aside from the professional goals with Sevilla (aiming to finish in the top 4, fight for the Copa del Rey and reach at least the Champions League quarter-finals), the Moroccan dreams of becoming the top scorer in the Spanish league at the end of the season. No player wearing the Rochiblancos uniform has done so since Juan Arsa (28 goals) in the 1954/55 season. If he achieves the goal, which until a few weeks ago seemed completely imaginary, his shares will continue to soar.

Monchi. Another injury? (Getty)

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