Following a run of zero assists and zero goals for Miguel Almiron at St. James’ Park, Newcastle fans reacted in astonishment when the midfielder managed to get on the scoresheet for his country.
Since signing for the Magpies back in January, it’s taken a while for the Paraguayan to find his feet in a Newcastle shirt, just now putting on a string of impressive performances during their back to back victories in the Premier League.
Almiron has had numerous chances to open his account for Steve Bruce’s side, most recently failing to find the target against Bournemouth when the ball ricocheted into his path only for Allan Saint-Maximin to get in the way of a goal-bound shot.
However, turning out for Paraguay last night in a 1-0 win away to Bulgaria, he managed to score the winning goal with an excellent left-footed strike into the bottom corner.
As a result, Magpies supporters flocked to social media in amazement – wondering why he hasn’t been able to bag a strike like that for his club.
Here’s what they had to say in full.
You couldn’t make it up! 😂😂😂#NUFC
— Rodney Plonker (@IAintOnTwitta) November 14, 2019
There is a god 🙏
— Toonfan2002 (@toonfan2002) November 14, 2019
— Danny Doom (@DannyBrown333) November 14, 2019
Desperate times, desperate measures!
— NUFCThreatLevel (@NUFCThreatLevel) November 14, 2019
Just needs one against villa now 👀👀💪🏿💪🏿◼️◽️◼️◽️
— Brooksy (@brooksy_09) November 14, 2019
let’s get these colors to see if Almiron’s first goal comes with Newcastle pic.twitter.com/IaKxRGvgOV
— Paco (@PacoDeMiguel8) November 14, 2019
Wish he was scoring for us! Can’t fault his attitude and work rate! 10/10 for that! Just needs to start chipping in with goals
— SEAN-ENG (@seanenglish19) November 14, 2019
Newcastle fans, can Almiron get off the mark after the international break? Share your thoughts below!
