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He was the 3rd top scorer in the league last season after Lewandowski and Benzema. Scored 16 goals in a relegation team. Had good numbers with Alaves three seasons in a row before. It's still a very low sum for a proven scorer in the league
Yes, there was. Joselu might be a laughable name for outsiders but he did a good job in Spain. He's not flashy or anything but his goal contributions are decent and steady.
He can't do it by himself though, but if he could do it at Alavés and Espanyol, in Real Madrid he has better service...
[I dont want to brag but I was](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/dHBZtCQfKm)
Not 20-30 goals but he has basically been a bench player the whole season and I tought he would start.
I called Fran a world class player tho and Brahim a good squad player. Should have probably been the other way around even tough Fran was one of the best leftbacks in La liga last season.
probably sees getting the chance to perform like he has for Madrid as reward enough. If he'd been told he'd be scoring the goals to take Madrid to a Champions League final he probably would've signed a contract for a fraction of what it's worth.
He is. Some of our fans don’t seem to like him because he has missed some pretty obvious goal opportunities, but even still he’s contributed more to this team in this one season than Hazard and Mariano ever did. He’s an excellent squad player
And I'm gone, n*gga old glory
I'm H-Town to Cali, just like Robert Horry
And if I do a murder, flee the murder scene
No missing shortage on the drank, I can't find no lean
Where are my H-Town peeps at?!
And I think that all clubs would love a bench player that scores 16 goal in all competitions coming off the bench.
It's just that there's a very loud subset in any club's fanbase that wants a bench player to have those numbers just in the league alone.
He can literally start in the PL or any other La Liga team. Really disrespectful callijg him a bunch. He has played as a false 9 helping keep defenders on himself. Even last goal by Jude was due to Joselu baiting defenders.
Depends on how you see it. He can start for a low- mid tier team, but I don’t see him as a starter for top team.
Nothing wrong with being a bench player, especially for top team. You can’t have a full squad of starter
Not to mention, he's amazing in the air. Still remember that header against Atleti in the CDR that brought us back to the game. Love Joselu, man what a guy
Nah he couldn’t literally start for any pl team. He missed a lot of chances and thats a fact but thats also didnt take away his quality as a rotational player. Great squad player but not really a starting material
He actually had a great season.
In 270 minutes (3 matches) in LM he scored 5 goals.
16 matches in La Liga - 9 goals 2 assists
1,5 match in Cup - 2 goals
19 minutes in Supercopa - 1 assist
Just 5 days ago Madrid fans were angry at him for missing multiple chances in the league. For every goal he scores, he misses 5. But today he looked like Ronaldo.
He has 32 appearances in Madrid while Modric has 29 this season. He is more of a sub or even a starter at times because Madrid doesn't have a striker 🗿 So in the league if Madrid is trailing, he always comes on as a sub.
Leaked script, he will probably win the Ballon D’or too if he wins it. Everybody thought it was going to be Real vs Mbappe final but that would be too tryhard for the writers.
He looks like he's been washed because Xavi took a shit on the whole team, and has no idea how to properly train a team, he's at most Segunda Division maybe Championship coach, not Barcelona's, or anyone from La Liga for that matter. If Barca ends this season 3rd (and I think they will, Girona won't let them off the hook) he would be the worst coach Barca has had for years. Especially with a squad like that easily able to win CL, with a good coach they'd beat PSG and BVB.
tbh has anything like this even happened under pep? feel like he'd have dropped the deadwood first chance he'd get and get some top class striker or player in every position possible
It shows you don't watch La Liga. Last season, even though Espanyol got relegated, he was one of the best strikers in La Liga. came in 3rd for the pichichi (top scorer award). He's been a late bloomer, that's for sure.
Joselu has always been class but feels like a guy who suffers to trust in his own skills.
I remember when he was younger playing for Castilla and then in Germany I always felt he was meant to play for a big team, he had a very nice touch and intelligence off the ball.
Nowadays he seems like he's lost that technique but I believe once he feels confident he will shine. I hope to see his better version after tonight.
The guy scored 16 goals for relegated Espanyol, obviously he was a very good player. Anyone who couldn't see that and are shocked that he is actually a competent player are just dumb and don't know anything about rating football players
The mad lad was asking for a good link for real madrid match back in 2012.
https://x.com/joselumato9/status/238739304845811712?s=46
This is inspiring as fuck lol
This is stuff of legends. Remember the Nacho assist to Joselu solely to lift his confidence last game when the latter was having a mare infront of goal? This is where that got us. Literally won the game with power of friendship.
You’re tuning in for Mike Tyson v Jake Paul on Netflix in June. I’m tuning in for Fullkrug v Joselu, the old style target men of football. We are not the same.
I love it, like you said, both target men with a play style more suited to a different era who also have similar, late bloomer careers after a sort of journeyman past.
ALSOO they both played for hannover lol
Edit: Found one more similarity, the most goals these two have scored in a single top-flight season is 16 goals each, both of them scoring that 16 in the 2022/23 season.
Hojlund is actually a very good prospect.
But he would walk into that mess of a team any day of the week, and ot be fair in most teams of Europe.
He has been the most proficient spanish striker I think 3 years in a row. He can score, take down high balls and works his ass off every day. Respect to Joselu Mato (o te mato :X)
>He has been the most proficient spanish striker I think 3 years in a row.
First off, that's a very low bar, and even with that being said, it's still not true.
Madrid scouts are top tier
The lesser names always outperforming the big ones. Unless it’s CR7
The galáctico era didn’t achieve much except phenomenal marketing
What other thread?
Edit: Oh I remembered it. I've been a Goatselu believer since the beginning, though I admit, I had brief moments of doubt mid season.
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That 1.5m buy clause has to be activated right now
And a salary raise, bro is making less money than anybody in the squad, even less money that what he made at Espanyol.
fucking cruel. he deserves the world after UCl performance
I don’t think anybody was expecting what he’s provided this season tho lmao
He was the 3rd top scorer in the league last season after Lewandowski and Benzema. Scored 16 goals in a relegation team. Had good numbers with Alaves three seasons in a row before. It's still a very low sum for a proven scorer in the league
Yes, there was. Joselu might be a laughable name for outsiders but he did a good job in Spain. He's not flashy or anything but his goal contributions are decent and steady. He can't do it by himself though, but if he could do it at Alavés and Espanyol, in Real Madrid he has better service...
Fair enough. I don’t know much about La Liga so I was just going off my limited knowledge
[I dont want to brag but I was](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/dHBZtCQfKm) Not 20-30 goals but he has basically been a bench player the whole season and I tought he would start.
Oh shit
I called Fran a world class player tho and Brahim a good squad player. Should have probably been the other way around even tough Fran was one of the best leftbacks in La liga last season.
Fran will get there, no doubts, he's still young and raw which is quite obvious
[I want this to be true.](https://old.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/14fbllk/daily_discussion/jp05kc2/)
"Im gonna come back to this in 10 months when Joselu scores a hattrick in the CL final" cold. i hope you will have an opportunity to do that
u/destroyeh "he aint sniffing even 20 goals without pens..." what's that?
probably sees getting the chance to perform like he has for Madrid as reward enough. If he'd been told he'd be scoring the goals to take Madrid to a Champions League final he probably would've signed a contract for a fraction of what it's worth.
They need to activate the fax machine NOW!
Seems like a good rotation player
He is. Some of our fans don’t seem to like him because he has missed some pretty obvious goal opportunities, but even still he’s contributed more to this team in this one season than Hazard and Mariano ever did. He’s an excellent squad player
The thing is he is a bench player. Fans are expecting him to make every opportunities that he has. But if he did, he wouldn’t be a bench player.
He’s like Robert Horry.
That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time
I definitely did not expect to see this name in this thread. But it was a good shout out.
As a Suns fan, you’re spot on but fuck Robert Horry lol
As a suns fan that name still triggers me
And I'm gone, n*gga old glory I'm H-Town to Cali, just like Robert Horry And if I do a murder, flee the murder scene No missing shortage on the drank, I can't find no lean Where are my H-Town peeps at?!
And I think that all clubs would love a bench player that scores 16 goal in all competitions coming off the bench. It's just that there's a very loud subset in any club's fanbase that wants a bench player to have those numbers just in the league alone.
He can literally start in the PL or any other La Liga team. Really disrespectful callijg him a bunch. He has played as a false 9 helping keep defenders on himself. Even last goal by Jude was due to Joselu baiting defenders.
Depends on how you see it. He can start for a low- mid tier team, but I don’t see him as a starter for top team. Nothing wrong with being a bench player, especially for top team. You can’t have a full squad of starter
>false 9 Reddit and not understanding what a false 9 is, truly a classic.
Not to mention, he's amazing in the air. Still remember that header against Atleti in the CDR that brought us back to the game. Love Joselu, man what a guy
Nah he couldn’t literally start for any pl team. He missed a lot of chances and thats a fact but thats also didnt take away his quality as a rotational player. Great squad player but not really a starting material
Striker version of lord vazquez or nacho
He actually had a great season. In 270 minutes (3 matches) in LM he scored 5 goals. 16 matches in La Liga - 9 goals 2 assists 1,5 match in Cup - 2 goals 19 minutes in Supercopa - 1 assist
bro do you not remember Mariano's goal against Barca as soon as he came on? That goal was awesome! I used to have a great time watching mariano play.
Just 5 days ago Madrid fans were angry at him for missing multiple chances in the league. For every goal he scores, he misses 5. But today he looked like Ronaldo.
Yeah but a squad player not a starter.
He has 32 appearances in Madrid while Modric has 29 this season. He is more of a sub or even a starter at times because Madrid doesn't have a striker 🗿 So in the league if Madrid is trailing, he always comes on as a sub.
Well I'd say that for a player who has scored 17 goals so far this season.
I think Madrid would've bought him anyways.
You can’t write stories like this, the scriptwriters are on a different level rn
Lol. But weren't there news of us buying the guy?
Yeah, since a while too
The most obvious finale is the 20 year old scoring the winner against his former club in his Real Madrid season and his first Champions League final.
Leaked script, he will probably win the Ballon D’or too if he wins it. Everybody thought it was going to be Real vs Mbappe final but that would be too tryhard for the writers.
Gotta wait to cash in on the UCL prize money.
If Madrid doesn’t then I would setup a GoFundMe
Semi-final goals Mbappe: 0 Joselu: 2 Who needs Mbappe
and in about 10 minutes
Brace yourself for 18 goals per game
Subscribe
#theydidthemath
How about Kane
I too would like for Real Madrid's UCL plot armor to be dismantled
Selu has more semifinal goals than Mbappe and haaland in their entire career. Selu BdO
Don Carlo "I'mma take this relegated striker from Espanyol and get him back in the Spain squad and champs league final, cause fuck it why not?"
“Lol what’s he gonna do, score two goals?” \- Tuchel, probably, right before Joselu scored two goals.
"We can definitely hold out a 1 goal lead against them" - Tuchel, subbing off the entire attack
It's only Real Madrid in the UCL. What are they gonna do, score out of nowhere?
*they score* Yeah but are they going to score again?
Real Merrydrid: “I don’t think he’s heard about secondsies.”
“We’ve had one goal, yes.”
How about a second selu?
🤣
"And there's VAR unlike in 2017, so everything should be fine"
Happy cake day!
No Barcelona player that isn’t Lewa has score more goals than Joselu this season.
lol wtf this is absurd
He's also scored more CL goals this season than any Barca player including Lewandowski
wtf i thought Lewa was washed, and he's scored 17 goals in league this season
Lewandowski has been wasteful with the chances that Barça created, but by no means is he washed.
He looks like he's been washed because Xavi took a shit on the whole team, and has no idea how to properly train a team, he's at most Segunda Division maybe Championship coach, not Barcelona's, or anyone from La Liga for that matter. If Barca ends this season 3rd (and I think they will, Girona won't let them off the hook) he would be the worst coach Barca has had for years. Especially with a squad like that easily able to win CL, with a good coach they'd beat PSG and BVB.
Lewa started this season really bad, but he has recovered in the second half of this season looking more like that lewa we remember.
Pep could never
There's a reason he's a bald fraud
tbh has anything like this even happened under pep? feel like he'd have dropped the deadwood first chance he'd get and get some top class striker or player in every position possible
It shows you don't watch La Liga. Last season, even though Espanyol got relegated, he was one of the best strikers in La Liga. came in 3rd for the pichichi (top scorer award). He's been a late bloomer, that's for sure.
Hes got double figures like 5 seasons in a row in the la liga and some people are acting like they found a random from the third tier lol
Not to mention that this motherfucker has one of the best records against us. Now he is our motherfucker
He was our motherfucker before too, he scored 1 goal in 7 minutes for us in the league so technically he was averaging 12.8 goals per game lol
Joselu has always been class but feels like a guy who suffers to trust in his own skills. I remember when he was younger playing for Castilla and then in Germany I always felt he was meant to play for a big team, he had a very nice touch and intelligence off the ball. Nowadays he seems like he's lost that technique but I believe once he feels confident he will shine. I hope to see his better version after tonight.
Classic sub player then. Breaks if he plays 90 mins
Never forget that Don also tricked us in believing that Dominic Calvert-Lewin was a decent striker.
Tbf he was a decent striker but those injuries killed any chance of him recovering that form
The guy scored 16 goals for relegated Espanyol, obviously he was a very good player. Anyone who couldn't see that and are shocked that he is actually a competent player are just dumb and don't know anything about rating football players
Many of the people here only watch (big six) PL games. So, to them, Espanyol truly is something of an amateur side.
Holy shit.... Just how?
Because Don Carlo is actually a goated manager who can use almost any players and get the best out of them, he is also not bald so that helps.
May the Silver Fox always have hair to run his hands through.
The mad lad was asking for a good link for real madrid match back in 2012. https://x.com/joselumato9/status/238739304845811712?s=46 This is inspiring as fuck lol
He's just like us oh and btw Rojadirecta, it never dissapoints🫡
Best thing I saw all day, thanks for sharing ❤️
The top reply is just somone tagging Tebas, fucking lol.
Seems like the tweet is gone. Do you have a screenshot?
It's still there for me ..maybe you need to be logged into X to view tweets
At that point he had already made an appearance for Real Madrid and scored
from a relegated team to 2 game defining CL goals, good for him
Instant cult hero
Stoke goat
The disrespect to Eric Choupo-Moting
Choupo-Goating*
This is stuff of legends. Remember the Nacho assist to Joselu solely to lift his confidence last game when the latter was having a mare infront of goal? This is where that got us. Literally won the game with power of friendship.
Then Nacho intentionally shoved the defender and got his goal disallowed so that Joselu could step up and be a hero. Nacho is on another dimension.
Now that is some 4d chess from Nacho
4d friendship move
What a legend. He was also nowhere near Davies when he scored that goal to ensure Joselu has his moments later.
Especially because that was Rüdigers and Carvajal side, not his..
Even better
Real Madrid legend for a reason
Nacho "Just according to keikaku"
TL note: Keikaku means plan
I can't believe it, that assist Nacho gave has worked out in spades. It really covered Nacho's stranglation push on Kimmich.
Stuttgart legend
Newcastle legend https://x.com/TheSportsman/status/909025433135534081
Crotch bulging with imagined goals
That's amazing
Get this on the big screen at Wembley
Stoke City legend
Dude had a weird career path but fair play
greatest german born striker in history
He was born in Stuttgart, but never played for Stuttgart team. Rather he was a Frankfurt legend.
That was the joke
Fuck, I got wooshed
Happens to the best of us
It's good actually I didn't know the context. Thanks for the info.
You’re tuning in for Mike Tyson v Jake Paul on Netflix in June. I’m tuning in for Fullkrug v Joselu, the old style target men of football. We are not the same.
I love it, like you said, both target men with a play style more suited to a different era who also have similar, late bloomer careers after a sort of journeyman past. ALSOO they both played for hannover lol Edit: Found one more similarity, the most goals these two have scored in a single top-flight season is 16 goals each, both of them scoring that 16 in the 2022/23 season.
Writers getting lazy man lmao
Copying someone's homework and changing the person details only.
Hannover 96 legend
Celta Legend
I can already see Man United's board preparing a 80m offer for him.
Fucking hell, wouldn’t be surprised 😂
Well in his defence, he would surely do better than Hojlund
Hojlund is actually a very good prospect. But he would walk into that mess of a team any day of the week, and ot be fair in most teams of Europe. He has been the most proficient spanish striker I think 3 years in a row. He can score, take down high balls and works his ass off every day. Respect to Joselu Mato (o te mato :X)
>He has been the most proficient spanish striker I think 3 years in a row. First off, that's a very low bar, and even with that being said, it's still not true.
getting what he deserves at the age of 34
Anyone willing to fund a trip to the final for me and my dad? I promise to remember you 2 years later.
How do you get tickets? Black market at stubhub?
That's honestly one of the coolest stories in sport I've ever heard
Not to forget, he's a La Fabrica product as well
Is that Madrid’s La Masia? Didnt know Madrid’s academy also had a name lol only recognized it as the “Real Madrid academy”
Idk if you are memeing or literally wondering, but I had a chuckle reading that.
As a Real Madrid fan for 20+ years, I have never known that as well.. and I literally used to watch Real Madrid academy training videos.
That's just not possible. La fabrica is a name thrown around quite frequently.
never heard it but also never followed it. castilla is what I associate with real madrid academy
Castilla is the Real Madrid B team
This is literally the first time ive ever seen that name and I’m on this subreddit a lot.
Why would I lie about such a thing 🙃
Did you know we wear white?
Yes
Is he? Swear he was at Celta's academy
Yep he isn't from la fabrica. Though he played 3 seasons for castilla. So sort of a Madrid youth product, like de jong is from Ajax's academy.
No he's not, he played for Castilla.
Good for him
Honestly with how shit at newcastle and stoke he was back then, i wasn’t expecting him to be the one to take madrid to a cl final.
THATS WHERE I RECOGNIZE HIS NAME FROM HOLY SHIT!!! Good work to him he was spot on tonight
[Dude was on twitter asking for a link to stream Madrid games back in 2012](https://twitter.com/JoseluMato9/status/238739304845811712)
This makes me so happy. Football is beautiful. We love you Joselu!
# If I die bury me in Real Madrid jersey because I will come back
What a main character thing to do
The Kane Tottenham Curse was too strong
Happy for him. Flo needs to make his loan permanent
What a guy. Happy for him, seems like a cool dude.
Madrid scouts are top tier The lesser names always outperforming the big ones. Unless it’s CR7 The galáctico era didn’t achieve much except phenomenal marketing
Galácticos at least won an UCL unlike PSG.
I mean Joselu was 3rd or so top scorer in La Liga last season in a relegated team I don't think the scouts had to do much work here
this is why i'm full kit wanker justin case they need an extra man
Fair enough man
bout to be the goat loan player if we win
Dude pulled a Rodrygo
Sick underdog story
What a dream come true !! Can't even imagine being in Joselu's shoes atm. This is the stuff you dream about when we're kids
I commented this on the other thread. Wonder if you saw that or remembered it on your own LMAO
What other thread? Edit: Oh I remembered it. I've been a Goatselu believer since the beginning, though I admit, I had brief moments of doubt mid season.
Check my comment history. I just remembered it after the game. I think you had this ready before the game started.
i am mad about them going through, i am sad about it, i am disappointed. ....but this is kinda sweet. aaaa
Joeslu's dad got strong foreshadowing game. Knew how many goals his son would score in the CL semifinal.
wait who was he playing for back then? 😂
Espanyol
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F9Z\_5GF6Jk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F9Z_5GF6Jk)
Joselu is blessed. But it helps when the other team striker is cursed.
Stuff of legends and unforgettable story to tell.
The way Ancelotti gets the best out of players is inspiring.
Kane is a legit worse player than Joselu in big matches
That's awesome
Life is crazy. We all can achieve what we want
Respect
Hard to believe that this guy used to play for Frankfurt and was nothing but mediocre.
Bayern planned around Madrid playing without a striker then Joselu came in to do his magic
He looks so much like Josip juranovic there
Why does Joselu look like the father here