In his first year in the Champions League, he scored five goals, successively defending Barca, Bayern, Ajax and Liverpool, and Núñez, who did not kill the nameless ghost, scored 28 goals in 35 games in all competitions this season, becoming the first U23 top scorer in Europe's top league.
The "black shop" Benfica has put him on the shelves, starting with 60 million euros waiting for the people who have a relationship. Barca, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham and Milan are interested in a number of giants, who will he spend this summer?
The first person to purchase the price from the black shop team history
to lead the European U23 top scorer list
a. Benfica, Europe's first black shop: spent the highest price in the history of the team to introduce Núñez
When it comes to Europe's first black shop, everyone may have an answer in their hearts. However, the data does not lie, in the 2010-2020 time period before the arrival of the epidemic, Benfica's net income in the transfer market (the difference between selling and buying) reached 640 million euros, which is almost equal to the sum of 2nd place Porto and 3rd place Ajax.
However, in Benfica's "incoming" list, the most expensive in the history of the team is Núñez. The Uruguayan centre-forward and forward swinger, who were still playing in La Liga at the time, were bought by the Big Red Hawks for a whopping 24 million euros.
So now that the 22-year-old Nunez is being marked with a starting price of 60 million euros, will you be surprised? This Compatriot Suarez, who was born on the same day as Messi, is really very material.
b. Consecutive champions: 5th most efficient shots on goal in the Champions League this season
This season is Núñez's first appearance in the Champions League, where he scored three goals in the group stage and, after reaching the knockout stages, scored two consecutive rounds to bring his total to five goals.
Núñez is still characterized by a good no-ball movement and starting ability on the counter-attack, this time breaking Bayern is that he spared a small lap, just right to receive Joao Mario's wonderful pass, through Neuer's ten fingers.
On the other hand, Núñez's shooting efficiency is indeed very high. Facing Ajax's two-legged Champions League round of 16, he actually lost most of the one-on-one confrontations, only to seize the opportunity and score a goal.
His advantage against Tambur is still significantly better than that of Lisandro Martinez. This goal was also done before Timbull.
Núñez has played 35 games for Benfica in all competitions this season, scoring 28 goals and being the first U23 player in Europe's top league to score a goal.
Even if you only look at the Champions League top scorer list, only 4 of the top 16 players have a higher shooting conversion rate than Nunez. Scored 5 goals and only took 14 shots! At the age of 22, his future is really bright.
Enjoys activities on the side: has strong technical skills under the feet
a. The side road small technology is very good: can pass, will get rid of
Liverpool had a big advantage on the offensive end, creating eight absolute scoring chances. If it weren't for Salah's poor form, it would have gone much better.
On Benfica's side, the team's opportunities are actually not many, and the occasional few counter-attacks are precisely to take advantage of Nunez's huge advantage over Conet to find a lot of opportunities.
The 22-year-old Nunez's advantage lies in the skill at his feet and the speed of the first step, so he has the ability to go to the side and carry the ball forward in the counterattack.
As you can see from the GIF, if Núñez had passed back to his teammates at that time, the Liverpool players must have landed faster than Benfica. So his choice to carry the ball forward was a successful decision, and the key was because he had a job under his feet.
Speeding past Fabinho, he then faced Robertson's upside again, but unfortunately the last cross gave a good position at the back point, and Everton got the ball but could not fully control it.
Looking at this wave of offensive and defensive conversions, Nunez is actually quite afraid of his opponents completely sticking to him, and there were some embarrassing moments against Lisandro Martinez in the last round of the Champions League knockout round.
However, Cornett is a little too bulky, and Nunez uses his technique and dexterity to play with his opponents, which is also a highlight of this game.
b. Strong incision is characteristic: almost making a penalty
In addition to one goal, Nunez has 9 wins in 18 confrontations (much higher than playing Ajax in the previous round, and even better against Barca, thanks to Cornett).
Núñez, who was successful in all 4 dribblings, showed his ability to stand on his feet. However, he still conceded 20 balls, which has something to do with the disadvantage of confrontation, and it is difficult to continue to control the ball when encountering assistant defenses. At the same time, Núñez's passing was not good enough, and there were some handling of the ball that made people cry and laugh.
Núñez has a distinctive feature in the game that he can go to the wing to get the ball on counter-attack. In this wave of counter-attacks, Nunez proved that he had good dribbling speed and cutting ability.
Van Dijk actually couldn't keep up with his change of direction, and the center of gravity could not be corrected.
Fortunately, the Dutch Iron Guard is experienced and reached out at the critical moment. Núñez was more average in terms of strength and control of his body's balance, so he fell directly into the penalty area without incident.
The referee and VAR decided that the magnitude of this action was not large, and did not constitute the degree of foul blowing penalties in the penalty area, which also allowed Liverpool to successfully escape the disaster.
Nunez's most famous Champions League group stage this season was a goal against Barca. At that time, he also went to the wing to receive the ball and cut inside strongly, eating Garcia's shot raw to score.
Compared to Van Dijk, Garcia, who was a bit bulky like Cornett, didn't even get the chance to reach out and touch Nunez.
The center forward who can run is promising: the future development still needs to practice strength
a. Nine House Grid Assessment: Young center with great potential
Nunez's physical fitness is very good, and his basic technical skills are very solid, which is the basis for his future success.
However, his balance control and ball protection under strong confrontation are a little off, which makes his current style of playing a little soft and dodgy. Then with good shooting skills and clever sense of positioning, find the opportunity to score goals.
b. The reception habit is a bit "soft": always think about picking up leaks at the back point
Nunez, who played in the front when he debuted, does not seem to be very comfortable with the positioning of the forward center, which also makes some of his choices in the game seem more "weak".
This goal in this game actually reflects his shortcomings. When winger teammate Rafa Silva was advancing on the wing, Nunez, as a center, had the best option to insert the rib space between Van Dijk and Cornett and take the initiative to catch the ball.
But he ran to the back post, so that between Núñez and Rafa Silva there were two Liverpool centre-backs, Van Dijk and Cornett.
Despite scoring goals in the end, it was basically the result of Cornett's mistakes. This situation is not normal, and Nunez's goal is somewhat defensive.
Looking at this wave of attacks, when his teammates moved the ball to the far end, Nunez's choice was to stay at the back post and wait for opportunities. The quality of the teammate's cross was high, but unfortunately this time the landing point was a little low, and Nunez tried to lean over and try to force it well.
Overall, Núñez is not without the courage and willingness to fight, and it is true that his physical fitness is not hard enough at present. It can be a bit difficult when you need to exert strength in your waist and abdomen.
b. The running ability is very good: even participate in the defense
Núñez's confrontation problem can be solved in the future by strengthening strength training. At present, his characteristics are very able to run, the range of activities is large, and may also be the reason for the good technology, he hopes to maintain good flexibility, so he has no willingness to increase his strength in the short term.
Núñez's running distance reached 11,180 meters in this game, which is still an excellent statistic as a forward center.
In this wave of defense, Nunez directly stuck Cornett to regain the ball after returning to the defense, and protected the ball out of the bottom line impressively.
When he is dominant in his flexibility, the temperament of confrontation is not bad, and the current one-on-one confrontation is still very bright. But as a forward, confrontation is never a one-on-one affair.
Another characteristic of Núñez is that his sense of defense is also good. Very good running ability, coupled with active defense, will also give him a lot of points.
As a striker, it was impressive to see his own left-back Grimaldo out of position while Ajax right-back Mazrawi stepped forward and Nunez could run straight back from the edge of his own penalty area to complete the break.
Especially in the process of this wave of landing, after Nunez retreated to his own defensive third zone, he could actually switch defenses with his teammates.
But he observed Mazlawi's forward insertion, so he was very alert to follow all the way to complete the break, which is believed to be a plus in the eyes of Barca manager Xavi and Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
Conclusion
Although there are still many places in the sky as a forward center, Núñez, who has scored 28 goals in 35 games in all competitions, has very good potential.
In the current market, it is not surprising that the giants who cannot grab Haaland and Vlahović will aim at Núñez. In the end, the 22-year-old center with a starting price of 60 million will spend who will wait for this summer to give us the answer.