On February 18, Jorge Carrascal’s arrival at CSKA Moscow became official, a team that took him on loan with a purchase option after his time with River Plate. The midfielder was a special request from coach Berezutski who was looking for a replacement before Vlasic left for the Premier. The Colombian debuted in the classic against Spartak and although he left very good impressions from the gamegenerated some doubts regarding his behavior on the court that led him to finish with a yellow card.
Carrascal, uncontrollable for rivals
“Probably the best player of the match. Carrascal simply tore opponents apart due to a combination of speed and dribbling.” Russia’s Sport24 published regarding the Colombian’s performance over the weekend in the classic. That day, the midfielder was essential to complicate a Spartak that every time he had it, he tried to bend it in the mark to take the ball from him but could not.
The performance numbers during the game put him as one of the best on the court (6.7). He had a success of 72% in passes, generated a clear goal option and was the one who completed the most successful dribbles (4). In the play of the second goal he showed all his technique to elude and attract rivals so that finally his teammates had more space to finish the play.
An expulsion and a yellow, what worries Carrascal
Although in Russia they are amazed at the way they play. There is one thing that generates some concern and that is the discipline within the Colombian field. In Russia they consider that for just two games (one friendly and one official), there are many cards that he has received for the position he is in. In his first game, which was against Rubin Kazan in a friendly, he was sent off at 32 minutes after receiving the second yellow.
On the weekend in the classic he again committed a foul action that generated his first official yellow card in Russia at 30 minutes, which again aroused questions about the player’s behavior on the field. However, It is worth clarifying that Jorge has only been expelled three times in his career and one of them was not official, the one he had in the friendly on his arrival in Russia, the others were with River Plate.
In 130 games at club level, he has 31 official cards (29 yellow, 2 red), for an average of 0.23 per game.
“We hope that Jorge continues to improve in Russia and continues to draw attention only with a spectacular game and effective actions. He started calmly, except for the yellow card,” quoted the Russian media outlet who tried to justify the player’s behavior with the childhood he lived.
