Gonzalo Plata is 22 years old and the owner of Real Valladolid, a club that virtually secured survival in Spain’s first division after beating FC Barcelona 3-1 at the José Zorrilla Stadium last Tuesday in the 36th match of LaLiga. . The Ecuadorian scored Valladolid’s third goal, and they saved the penalty that led to the second goal.

“Gonzalo Plata’s goal leaves FC Barcelona in the knockout stages,” writes the Spanish press about Valladolid’s 3-1 defeat

“The Ecuadorian showed a good game, saved the penalty for the second goal and scored the third for Pucella against Barcelona. Plata was the protagonist of the game and scored his first goal in the first division,” the newspaper reported on Wednesday. ASfrom Madrid, who highlights his performance at the World Cup.

Gonzalo Plata, “electric wing” and “very active” against Atlético de Madrid, who won with a “deceptive victory”

The note adds that “Valladolid’s third goal was scored by Plata, who also intervened in the second one, since it was the Ecuadorian who saved the penalty shot by (Cyle) Larin”. The Ecuadorian winger said after the victory over Barcelona: “We needed something like that, an additional motive and thank God we managed to do it in the first of the three finals we had against the strongest team in the League, the champions. It is true that this motivates us to continue working and improving every day in training. Hopefully next weekend we can do the same as we did today (Tuesday).

For Gonzalo Plata, the “exaggerated role of his non-sports life” is over.

‘Things that prevent it’

Follow the note: “Gonzalo Plata couldn’t explain why we don’t see the dazzling player from last season.” The tricolor gave an explanation, “I also wonder when I’m alone, but I try, that’s the truth. I try to be better every day, but there are things that prevent it. I have to keep working and every day try to improve in every game and continue in this line”.

But Plata does not let his guard down: “I am very happy about it (the goal). I needed something like that to establish myself and say ‘well now I’m calmer’. I think I owe it to the team and the fans. I think I played a better match today than the previous days”.

Dedication

silver discovered in AS To whom he dedicated the goal he scored against FC Barcelona: “It’s for my mom, I expected it the most from her and she deserved it the most. She deserves everything, and so does my mom always.”

Plata commented on the fight to not be relegated to the second category with Valladolid: “We don’t want to look at other results, we depend on ourselves and we have two more finals left which are a struggle, a war. .. we have to go to Almería and leave our lives there and the same thing later against Getafe, we have to be ready for that, know how to play with them and God willing we can get points in those two games”. (D)