Jefferson Farfán, the captain who returned to demonstrate all his hierarchy and be champion

Who else? Who else if not him. Jefferson Farfan He is the man who represents Peruvian football. His skill, his liveliness and his anger illustrate how our ‘julbo’, our game, is lived. Return to Lima Alliance to be happy again and seven months later, of course it is.

Captain wherever you go. Social networks repeat the image of Paolo Guerrero giving him the ribbon in the Peruvian National Team match against Chile and show it together with the one this Saturday, with Wilmer Aguirre giving him the honor when he entered the field -Ballón was the one who wore it-. The message is clear. The hierarchy still rules in football.

And Jefferson doesn’t just live off his last name and what he accomplished. In the minutes that he has to play, he is showing that, although he is no longer ‘La Foquita’ who faced everything, he is still the dangerous Farfán for any defense, be it Otamendi, Godoy or Zela.

Jesús Chirinos, statistician from Are Data No Opinions, offers the statistic that today, Jefferson is the second most effective attacker in League 1. With the more than half an hour he played, he added 460 minutes and has 4 goals, that is, he scores every 115 minutes. Only Wilmer Aguirre surpasses him, who, with the goal against Mannucci, reached the average of scoring a goal every 98 minutes (he has 5 in 490).

Averages before the game against Mannucci

To show a button, one would say calmly. Plus? We know that Farfán’s physical condition is still not the best, he has not stopped having a presence with Alianza since he reappeared from his injury and, also, this month, he added minutes with the Peruvian team. He only missed the match against UTC, but was not present because he was called up and was training with the Bicolor.

Beyond his temperament, clearly displayed against Argentine defender Cristian Romero, Jefferson Farfán commands respect. Not just anyone comes out to mark it. Before his entry in front of Mannucci, it was Gonzalo Godoy who had to take it, even having to leave very far from his area. Then it was the turn of the admitted Jesús Barcos.

The voice of Pablo Míguez is heard throughout the field, the advice of Barcos is transferred by word of mouth. Maybe Farfán doesn’t have to say anything and just play. It infects his way of facing the moment. He steps on it, touches it, threatens it, goes, comes. It generates fouls and gives the team a break. Yes he, with everything he has won in his career is the first to run, the others follow him with closed eyes.

That’s Jefferson, the captain wherever he goes. He still has football to give away, the temperament to stand anywhere and, above all, the desire to continue enjoying this wonderful sport.