The celebration was unique. Santiago Garcia threw both arms into the air and sprinted towards the corner of the south tribune, jumped onto an advertising banner and enjoyed being surrounded by the fans. Werder's fans...
The celebration was unique. Santiago Garcia threw both arms into the air and sprinted towards the corner of the south tribune, jumped onto an advertising banner and enjoyed being surrounded by the fans. Werder's fans...
The celebration was unique. Santiago Garcia threw both arms into the air and sprinted towards the corner of the south tribune, jumped onto an advertising banner and enjoyed being surrounded by the fans. Werder's fans held him up, congratulated him and celebrated with him. Shortly before that, Garcia had played a major role in SV Werder's early lead in the home match against Nuremberg.
"I am actually not used to being directly involved in a goal. It was an emotional expression of my excitement about it and about the lead. I was certain that the fans would hold me up," said the Werder leftback with a smile a day after the 3-3 draw against Nuremberg about the pictures that went around the country.
"It was a very special match for me. I had my first match in front of our fans. The stadium was full and the fans were celebrating with us. We still missed out on getting two points in our own stadium. There is of course a bit of disappointment in that," said the Argentinean with Italian roots.
Disappointment because the 25-year-old was not fully concentrated on Nuremberg's goal to make it 2-1 and then the Green-Whites' performance diminished in the second half. "I cannot judge my own performance. The coach and the team must do that. I think that we gave a very good performance in the first half. We stood compactly and pushed forward with purpose. Then in the second half we conceded the goals through individual errors. What's important is that we try to stop these mistakes," said Garcia.
Despite the few mistakes, Garcia will remember the good scenes from the afternoon in Weser Stadium. So will head coach Robin Dutt. "Everybody can see what a good kid we have there in our ranks. When the people around him, the fans and everyone else see him so positively, then we couldn't have erred in our decision to bring him in," said the coach.
