Josef Martínez continues to be a key player in the Atlanta United project. The burgundy attacker was the responsible for executing the penalty charged in the 60th minute match, which would serve to open the scoring of the game that pitted them against Charlotte, and that would conclude with two more goals. Martínez played the 90 minutes of this match in the top position, within the 4-3-3 system that is used to lining up the Mexican Pineda.
With this goal, the Venezuelan scores in one more edition of MLS, and there are already 95 goals who has scored throughout his 121 games played in American soccer, all of them in the ranks of Atlanta United. The calculation of these data offers a coefficient of 0.78 goals per match since it landed in the whole of the state of Georgia, a spectacular figure, which le makes him worthy of the status he enjoys within North American football.
A system projected for the future
In addition to Martínez’s goal, the other news was in the debut of Thiago Almada, Atlanta United’s new star signing. One of the keys to the team’s success will fall between the connection capacity they can generate between the Venezuelan and the Argentine, two of the great bets of the directive. Almada, as long as Pineda maintains the system, will occupy a position fallen to the band, to the left of a Josef Martínez, that will continue to provide mobility to the attack so that teammates can take advantage of the spaces.
Another of the keys on which it is based Atlanta United’s progress is in possession, a factor for which the profile of Martínez, Almada or Osvaldo Alonso will be essential. For now, one of the aspects to improve in the set is the defensive solidity, after having received a goal in the three games played, and being one of the teams with the most goals against to date.