“Not even this happened to me”

In each edition of the Argentine Cupthere is always room for a batacazo. And this time the blow gave it Armenian sports By eliminating a Córdoba workshops of the federal contest by penalties after being two goals below in regular time. The tricolor left one of the candidates by the hand of a Jonathan Herrera Intratable, which scored in triplicate.

But the funny thing is that Herrera turned a hat-trick into just five minuteswhich also served to turn the game and move from 0-2 to a partial 3-2. With three definitions quite different from each other, to demonstrate its ability to convert, the scorer of the day took the flashes of what will be a very remembered Santa Fe night. “Not even in my best dreams I imagined this”he confessed post game.

The hero of Armenian sports That he had his dream night, he showed his repertoire. A particular fact is that in the three goals he barely played the ball twice: one to control and another to define. The first goal pointed to the arch and pulled out an unstoppable shoe, in the second – with a lot of subtlety – placed it next to the stick and in the third kicked crossed before the goalkeeper’s exit.

The 25 -year -old centrodlantero knows the rise very well and even more Armenian sports. Is that it went through all the categories of the lower divisions of the cast of Maschwitz engineer until you get to play professionally. Currently disputes the First balso known as Metropolitan B, and is fundamental in the offensive part of the team.

He also knows what it is to play abroad. Because Herrera had a step by resistance from the second division of Paraguaywhere he arrived as a loan to add more play time. During his experience in football in the Guaraní country that lasted the entire 2024, the striker played 22 games and scored two goals with the Asunción team.

That stay in the bordering nation reached him to capture the attention of several sets of the Argentine ascent. It is a reality that Jonathan received offers from Temperley and of Adrogué Brownto dispute the first National B or the Metropolitan B, respectively. But the decision was clear: staying in Deportivo Armenio to fight for a place.

Already back in Maschwitz engineer, and in the third division of Argentine football, Herrera had scored four goals so far this season. In addition to the two conversions in Paraguay and the remaining four he got in 2023, he had 10 goals under his credit. But the night dream in the mythical stadium to which he honored: the Elephant cemetery.

After leaving replaced by being stolen in the twins of both legs, Jonathan said: “This is for us and for all the people who are there. More than individual, this is group. The group did a huge job, people made a tremendous effort and gathered pesso for peso … grateful to God and my family and also my daughter and my mother, who were left in Tigre. “

It is a known fact that in the rise, at the salary level, it does not only reach the sports and that almost all players have a complementary job. And Jonathan is no exception. The scorer has a personal entrepreneurship in which he sells additional mates and accessories, called Amate Mates (@amatee.mates), which is located in the Tigre area. “You’re not just taking mate, there are stories, loves, friendships and dreams for that bulb,” he says in the biography.

“The truth is that I’m just starting with this, I was lucky that the first orders were my clubmates and that helped me a lot to take the first step,” Joni tells him Clarionwith his innocence and enthusiasm in tow.

The footballer has linked the small business account in the profile of his Instagram account, to give greater diffusion and reach more sales that improve the not very bulky economic income. In this way, through his passion for the mate, Herrera found a way of having a personal entrepreneurship along with his career that he still has years ahead. “It is to have another income, in the ascent you do not live alone of this …”, he explains.

According to MATES, prices vary, and also offers maternal bags, bulbs and all types of accessories linked to the most traditional of Argentine practices. “I am very matero, in football it is very common to be taking mate as a company and to share something with the rest of the squad, the idea occurred to my wife,” he adds.

Delfina, which this day turns 26, is her girlfriend since adolescence and who is responsible for handling the social networks of her business. “She banks me from day one, ten years ago we are together and we have a girl called Emily, which is a symbol of our love,” explains the scorer, who dedicated each cry to his women.

“From the first day I met her she banked me, she told me that I had to fulfill my dream of being a footballer and today enjoys each achievement with me, however small,” says Joni about Delphi. This time the achievement was not small but served to eliminate workshops, one of the most powerful teams in the country.

“The return home was exciting, the neighbors were waiting for me, my family also enjoyed it, they were all excited,” Jonatan describes.

For the Argentine Cup, Deportivo Armenio will have to face Riestra, on the date to be confirmed. But there will be time for that “new dream” of getting into the third round of the contest. This Sunday you have to get to Maschwitz at noon for lunch with the squad and the afternoon play against Phoenix with the aim of improving its loose actuality in the First B tournament

A particularity that also highlights a profile is that it has an image with Martín Palermo, a pure breed scorer. Maybe it’s his inspiration and he already began to imitate him with his three goals against workshops. “What a privilege,” he wrote next to the photo with the former mouth. And then in the comments he joked: “I had the humility of accepting a photo, Ja.”