Marcus Rashford’s start to his professional career is pretty much matchless.
But Real Madrid’s very own wonderkid is making a damn good stab at replicating it.
A variation on a first name is not the only thing that Rashford shares with Real’s 20-year-old sensation Marco Asensio. The pair also share a fondness for scoring on debuts.
Asensio was handed his Champions League debut by Zinedine Zidane on Tuesday night and availed of a gorgeous layoff from Cristiano Ronaldo to find the net and add to the goals he scored on his Real Madrid debut in the Uefa Super Cup and in his first game in La Liga.
It likely comes a close second to Rashford’s almost unfathomable goalscoring spree which started when, earlier this year, he profited from an Anthony Martial injury to score two goals on his first outing for the Red Devils in a Europa League clash with FC Midtjylland.
Lotto numbers please https://t.co/BbkmO9kA3G
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) October 3, 2016
Since that fateful February night, the Manchester-born youngster scored on his Premier League debut, England U21 debut, his full England debut and became the youngest player to ever score in a Manchester derby.
It could be fair to say that Rashford’s feats may be more impressive just due to the fact that he’s younger than Asensio and he’s done more in his young career but that didn’t stop fans on Twitter taking note of the resemblance between the respective emergences of the young talents.
Marco Asensio is the Spanish Rashford. #UCL #RMCF #LaLiga
— Mr Creamy (@kobecreamy) October 18, 2016
This asensio kid is our rashford so to speak brilliant sensation
— ItsJerry (@adi_rijez) October 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/imfuckingelite/status/788461635887247360
Is Asensio Spanish for Rashford? https://t.co/eztzzy7TP8
— nah. 🇻🇨 (@FEELZ_____) October 18, 2016
Turns out Marco Asensio is Spanish for Marcus Rashford.
— Aashish 💭 (@aashishcantweet) October 18, 2016
Marco Asensio is now Los Blancos' Marcus Rashford.
Scoring in his Real Madrid debuts in different competitions so far…
Issoryt— AbdulJaleeL (@omg_its_abdul) October 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/RMadridBoss/status/788464461640265728
@MartialDribble @dermotmcorrigan thing is Rashford yet to debut in CL n probably won’t for couple of yrs. Asensio might have won it by then
— vamshidhar (@Vamshidhar329) October 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/A212NM/status/788465868065865729
https://twitter.com/liam_711/status/788466730406477824
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