Supporters of La Liga giants Real Madrid have on Tuesday moved to heap praise on one member of the club’s attacking ranks.
The player in question? Franco Mastantuono.
Youngster Mastantuono was for his part restored to Real Madrid’s starting line-up this evening.
After being dropped to the bench for the weekend’s humiliating defeat at the hands of Atlético, the summer arrival in Spain’s capital was restored to his berth on the right wing for Los Blancos’ Champions League trip to Kairat.
And safe to say, Mastantuono has since done a fine job of justifying his inclusion.
A constant threat from his berth on the right, the Argentine time and time again makes the right decision in possession, a trait usually befitting of players much his senior.
As much culminated in Mastantuono winning the penalty from which Real Madrid opened the scoring, before coming close to finding the net himself on more than one occasion, too.
And such efforts, as alluded to above, have not gone unappreciated on the part of his new club’s fans.
Amid widespread praise for the 18-year-old, calls have begun to mount for Mastantuono to be made one of the first names on the team sheet of boss Xabi Alonso.
Conor Laird – GSFN
