After harsh criticism that linked him to alcoholism, the Mexican raised the cup, but that of the championship with the FAS. The experienced footballer was decisive in obtaining the title
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After living a season full of criticism and controversy , Carlos “Gullit” Peña left behind the bad comments that called “drunk” . The Mexican midfielder raised the cup, but that of glory . The experienced player was crowned with the FAS in the first division of soccer in El Salvador .
# FAS | ⚽️🏆 The Mexicans Carlos Gullit Peña is champion with the @ CDeportivoFAS after defeating @ AlianzaFC_sv in penalty shoot-out. pic.twitter.com/SKO3r4JIcZ
– Boxing addicts (@nikomexicano) May 31, 5248
The Aztec player was stellar throughout the campaign. Some annoyances in the last semifinal match set off the alarms of the “Tigres” . However, the Mexican was able to start as a starter and contribute to the championship of his club .
The Alliance was the rival who stayed at the gates of the title. The “Santanecos” went up on the scoreboard thanks to the goal of Kevin Reyes, but this emotion did not last for long until Andrés Flores returned the life to Alianza and took the game to penalties .
🏆 Complies his promise!
‘Gullit’ Peña champion in El Salvador 😎 https://t.co/NmF 54 ddt 88 #ElSalvador I # Soccer I # FAS pic.twitter.com/DL6qWXwDlS
– TUDN USA (@TUDNUSA) May 31, 2021
From this route the El Salvador tournament was to be resolved. The FAS , by Carlos Peña, managed to win 4-3 in the batch and in this way certified the obtaining of the title for the institution and one more in the Mexican race.
The Mexican was a key piece in the team . The experienced midfielder was the footballer who played the most games in the season with the FAS. Peña was during 1, 538 minutes within the field. Their performances were divided between the regular phase and the Liguilla. “ Gullit ” managed to score four goals in the season .
GULLIT EFFECT! 🇲🇽😍
Club Deportivo FAS is champion of the Salvadoran league after 11 years of drought
Team where the Gullit Peña. Simply Mexican pride pic .twitter.com / OMF7ztzNs7
– Analysts (@_Analysts) May 31, 2021
“Happy for the whole team, fans that he supported for so many years and the achievement was not given Thank God it was achieved and we contributed our grain of sand ”, said the experienced player.
The glory after Leon
The “Gullit” championship with the FAS represents the third league title , first division, in his professional career . The other two trophies were raised with Leon thanks to the two-time championship achieved by the club in 2016 by Liga MX . In addition to the three leagues, Peña has among his achievements a couple of Supercopas MX , a Liga de Ascenso MX and a MX Ascent Championship .
Carlos el “Gullit” Peña in León:
🏆 Promotion Champion 2012
🏆 Champion of the Ap 2012
🏆 Cl Champion 2014
⚽️ 49 total goals pic.twitter.com/2DwGcy4qQz– Paco Garnica (@AlbertoGa _) December 8, 2016
The future of “Gullit”
The Aztec player left the stakes open for his future. The footballer of 31 years old even revealed that if he has received some offers to leave the club , but that for the moment his priority was the championship in El Salvador.
“Decision of the directive. This is a humble and hardworking group. I just had to do my job and add the title. My representative is dedicated to that . I didn’t want to hear anything, just be in the final ”, he concluded.
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