Nikola Krstović is the only 'pistolero' in Europe who shoots faster than Kylian Mbappe, Madrid-based Marca began its story about the Montenegrin striker.
The famous sports newspaper compared the shots on goal of our national team player's rivals and Kylian Mbappe, Real's "number nine" as the attacker with the most attempts, but also reminded us of the great season that Krstović is having in Lecce.
"If Lecce is still alive, it's thanks to Krstović," added "Marka", reminding that the team from southern Italy is fighting for survival.
Goals are what best confirms that fact.
"The Giallorossi have the worst attack in the Italian Serie A, the entire team has scored only 25 goals, which gives special significance to the fact that Krstović has scored 11 times in Serie A - seven times with his right foot, three with his left and once with his head. He also registered three assists. In other words - he participated in 56 percent of his team's goals," explains "Marka".
The number of shots on goal is another striking piece of information that speaks of "Lecce's dependence on Krstović".
"According to 'Opta' data, Krstović is the striker who has taken the most shots (not counting blocked shots) in the five strongest European leagues - as many as 107. He is the only player who has surpassed Kylian Mbappe's 104 shots. It is true that 'only' 40 of his shots ended up on target, but it cannot be said that he missed a large number of XNUMX% chances," the Madrid newspaper points out.
Incidentally, the number of goals scored (11) almost perfectly matches his expected goals percentage (xG): 11,81.
Although there is mention of interest from many big clubs, the "Salko" striker is now only thinking about how to provide the club that opened the doors to Serie A for him with another season in the Italian elite.
"The only thing I care about is that Lecce survives in the league. I don't know where I'll be in five years and I'm not thinking about it, but I hope to be a player at the elite level," Marka quotes Krstović as saying.
The Spanish newspaper also recalled Krstović's journey to Serie A - from Zeta, Red Star and Dunajska Streda to Lecce - pointing out that the Montenegrin striker was also a goalkeeper in his younger days, and mentioned his idols Zlatan Ibrahimović and Robert Lewandowski...
At the end, he repeated the sentence from the beginning once again, but with an addition that announced a bright future for the guy from Montenegro.
"A gunman who shoots faster than Mbappe is looking for his place on the big stage."
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