Diego Lainez, the mexican Messi: top 5 goals and assists of the star

At the start of the soccer discipline at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Diego Lainez led the Mexican National Team to a historic 4-1 defeat of France. The midfielder, who wears the number 10 shirt, was fundamental to the team's performance and all of France suffered. 

In fact, the score was opened by his genius. In the first play of the second half, when the match was 0-0, Lainez took the ball in the middle of the pitch and headed. 

The Mexico Number 10 got his marker out of his way with a feint and took the ball to the edge of the area, where he released a precise cross to Alexis Vega, who defined and the first thing he did was to hug Lainez for his play. A total crack. 

In Japan, another hope of a breakthrough has appeared these days. Diego Lainez, who has played little during the two and a half years he has been at Heliópolis, shone in the debut of Mexico's U-23 National Team against France, with a clear North American victory (4-1).

The green-and-white winger created several clear chances and provided the assist for the first Mexican goal after a great play.

Lainez joined Betis in January 2019 from América. The verdiblancos paid 14 million euros for the nicknamed 'Mexican Messi', an operation that was not quite understood at the time and that two and a half years later still does not seem too understandable.

According to Transfermarkt, the current value of 21-year-old Diego Lainez has dropped to eight million. CIES Observatory rates him at between 7 and 10 million. He has a contract until 2024.
 

 Top 5 goals and assists of the star