He left for Liverpool and left a trail of nostalgia for the Porto fans. Sergio Conceição also suffered from the loss of the team’s star, especially at such a critical time in the season when the Blue and Whites were involved in several competitive fronts.
Luis Diaz is spreading magic in the Premier League, making Anfield crowds vibrate and with intoxicating dribbles pocketing those who criticize the €45m Liverpool spent to rob Porto of the greatest Colombian talent of today. The amount of the deal could be 60 million, depending on the sporting goals achieved by Diaz, but we are not talking about that now.
The Porto winger’s influence on Conceição’s strategy has been so strong that in a championship shot, Luis Diaz will end the campaign as the team’s 11th player with the most minutes in the competition, 1,514 minutes in 18 matches. And no one will take it from there, because Fabio Vieira is behind, from 1304′. Lack of play, math is not difficult to do. Most extraordinary, Diaz is also the 11th passenger in Porto’s global player campaign, totaling 2,278 minutes across all competitions. As in the League, behind is Fabio Vieira, who also has no mathematical chance to catch up with the now Liverpool player. Diaz said goodbye to Porto after playing 18 games and scoring 17 goals. He is the Blue and White’s third top scorer in all competitions, trailing only Taremi at 24th and Evanilson at 21st. The Colombian also no longer takes last place on the podium at the finish line.
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