In the title we did not include the question mark at the end of the sentence. And, in fact, it was not our intention to ask you a question, but rather to confirm what was written and explain why.
Setting and bad luck
Settling into the Serie A championship is not easy. Nevertheless, Nikola Krstovic at the start of the championship he made it look very easy. He scored immediately in Florence and then scored again in a row against Monza on a penalty and Salernitana at home. We thought we had found the 20-goal striker, the one who solves your matches, seasons and even fantasy football. In short, the bomber who comes from the Balkans, with the surname ending in -ic and a capital gain well prepared for the following season.
But then bad luck struck. Of course, not only bad luck but also a lot of inaccuracy and a hint of nervousness, what all attackers have in common when they don’t score and struggle to help the team. Nikola went through a long fast, punctuated only by the goal against Genoa at the end of January. A goal, however, useless and still arrived on a detour. And then it lost its meaning and it is almost as if that long period without rejoicing never stopped until the goal against Monza, although for Nikola – and he confirmed this in yesterday’s press conference – the own goals against Frosinone and Salernitana they actually count as his goals in all respects:
I scored 7 goals but for me it’s 9. I had set the goal of scoring 15 goals, then I encountered difficulties. I would be satisfied with 10 seasonal goals.
Don’t stop Nikola!
Everything came together in the goal against Monza. An unstoppable right foot, in the corner, a wild celebration under the curve, the anger due to a long fast and the exhilaration for having scored a goal that at that moment was worth salvation. In the goal scored against Cagliati, however, Nikola showed off his instincts as a penalty area attacker: a small push on the defender to keep him close but not too much and a close touch on the plate to make sure the ball goes into the goal.
For him, alone or with a teammate next to him, little changes. He wants to play, he wants to score and then show his tongue to his fans, all that matters to him is this:
Nothing has changed, I have always trained well trying to play for the team and score goals. I’ve just been doing it lately. For the form it’s not a problem, I can play with another striker or alone. Gotti simply told me to be free and play the way I know how. At the beginning of the championship we played well, then there was a break, now we’ve started again.
Future
Lecce bewitched him. The immediate objective is arithmetic salvation. Then the celebrations, the well-deserved relaxation and immediately the new season, always with the Lecce shirt. There’s no need to even talk about it, yesterday he said that the Giallorossi are his team. So the hope is that in these 3 games Nikola reaches double figures. He deserves it and has the ability to score another 3 goals in Serie A in matches against Udinese, Atalanta and Napoli. If he doesn’t succeed, however, don’t worry. Because he is a double-digit attacker and has plenty of time to prove it.
