Santiago Giménez continues in a big way with a hat trick in 17 minutes

Santiago Giménez, forward of the Mexican national team, is still on fire, after his return from the muscle injury that kept him away from the field for 60 days, when he finished this Saturday with a hat trick in 17 minutes that helped Feyenoord defeat 5 -2 to Heracles.

At a time when many people doubted that Giménez would maintain his scoring pace after the severe injury he suffered to the quadriceps of his right thigh on September 22, 2024 during an Eredivisie match against NAC Breda and which made many people tremble when thinking about how I would return to the courts.

But the return of “Chaquito” has been spectacular by adding five goals in the last four games, including scores as valuable as the goal at the home of the powerful Manchester City in the Champions League and one from a bicycle kick two days ago in the Eredivisie.

The icing on the cake came this Saturday when he managed to beat Heracles’ goal in the 31st minute, then in the 36th via a penalty and the third in the 45th minute + 3, thus tying Luke at six goals. de Jong from PSV and other scorers in the ten rounds that have been played in the Dutch tournament.

The other two Feyenoord goals that made the score 5-2 were scored by David Hancko in the 49th minute and by Suf Podgoreanu in an own goal by Heracles, who for their part were present by Shiloh ‘t Zand and Justin Hoogma.

In addition, Giménez placed himself five away from the Eredivisie scoring leader Sam Steijin of Twente and four from the American Ricardo Pepi, also from PSV Eindhoven, to begin to take the rhythm that could place him in a league of greater importance, as can be heard the possibility that Napoli of the Series will drop the checkbook for the forward.

With this type of performance, Giménez has recovered his scoring instinct and has begun to defend himself against his detractors who do not consider him to be a striker of the level of Raúl Giménez and Henry Martín, in the fight he maintains for the title of the Mexico national team in the next World Cup in Mexico, the United States and Canada 2026.

But the reality is that playing at this level and beginning to show that his conditions are still intact is a demonstration of the high level of the Aztec striker and that now Feyenoord is once again benefiting to remain in third place tied with Utrecht with 35 points and seven from the leader PSV Eindhoven, which totals 42 units.

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