Cavani has described himself as a very intuitive striker in the past.
He says that legendary Argentian striker Gabriel Batistuta was the one who inspired him to play like this.
When asked about which former footballer inspired his playing style, Edinson Cavani told United Review: “(Gabriel) Batistuta was the striker who basically brought together all the attributes and everything that I liked in a player, from my point of view of how I was as a player and how I lived and appreciated the game of football, and my style of play too.
“And yes, you tried to learn and pick up some of those attributes. If you look at him, one of the things that Batistuta had was that intuition, that ability to anticipate, to move and make a run to get rid of his marker, so he could get in on goal and get his header away.
“I think there are similarities in some of my goals with many goals that he scored. But it’s true that he was the striker that I really liked and admired, because he had the ability to decide a game with his great fighting spirit, huge desire and great strength.”
Cavani recently described himself as a very intuitive striker who knows how to sense goal-scoring opportunities in the final third. Gabriel Batistuta is regarded as one of the best strikers in Argentinian football history having scored 245 goals in his domestic career, so El Matador has definitely learnt from the very best South American football had to offer.
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