{"id":56222,"date":"2025-10-20T22:15:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T02:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/nico-gonzalez-avoids-comparisons-with-rodri-i-dont-see-myself-like-that\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T22:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T02:15:53","slug":"nico-gonzalez-avoids-comparisons-with-rodri-i-dont-see-myself-like-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/nico-gonzalez-avoids-comparisons-with-rodri-i-dont-see-myself-like-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Nico Gonz\u00e1lez avoids comparisons with Rodri: “I don’t see myself like that”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nico Gonz\u00e1lez Focuses on His Own Path at Manchester City<\/h2>\n\nManchester City midfielder Nico Gonz\u00e1lez has expressed his focus on developing his own playing style rather than seeking to be a direct replacement for Rodri.\n\nGonz\u00e1lez is ready to continue substituting for his Spanish teammate, Rodri, who will be absent in the next Champions League match against Villarreal.\n\nRodri suffered a hamstring injury before the recent international break, prolonging his frustration after missing a large part of last season due to knee surgery.\n\nGonz\u00e1lez, signed from Porto in January to reinforce the central defensive midfielder position, enthusiastically accepts Rodri’s advice “in every match”, but prefers not to directly compare himself to him.\n\n\n
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\u201cI don’t pay attention to the news. It’s important for the team that he makes us play so well, but I don’t see any comparison nor do I pay much attention to those things. I try to listen and learn a lot from him,\u201d declared Gonz\u00e1lez.<\/p>\n\nNico Gonz\u00e1lez<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nGonz\u00e1lez is inspired by Sergio Busquets’s game, a mentor and former teammate at Barcelona.\n\nRodri traveled to Villarreal with City, despite not being in a condition to play. Coach Pep Guardiola trusts that his influence will benefit Gonz\u00e1lez, who, according to him, is constantly improving his game.\n\n\n

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\u201cRegarding Nico, I have the feeling that he is improving more and more. It is not easy to arrive at a new club and play a different style than the one he played in the past, but we are very happy with his behavior and I am sure that he will improve month by month, year after year\u201d, Guardiola commented.<\/p>\n\nPep Guardiola<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nRodri established himself at Villarreal after training in their youth academy. Subsequently, he moved to Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid and joined City in 2019.\n\nVillarreal coach Marcelino lamented the absence of Rodri.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nico Gonz\u00e1lez Focuses on His Own Path at Manchester City Manchester City midfielder Nico Gonz\u00e1lez has expressed his focus on developing his own playing style rather than seeking to be a direct replacement for Rodri. Gonz\u00e1lez is ready to continue substituting for his Spanish teammate, Rodri, who will be absent in the next Champions League […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1200,9452,2652,2493],"class_list":{"0":"post-56222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-soccer","7":"tag-manchester-city","8":"tag-nico-gonzalez","9":"tag-rodri","10":"tag-villarreal"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}