Last month the former Manchester United star bagged his first goal since joining the Brazilian outfit as they beat Barra 1-0 in the first leg of their Copa do Brasil fifth round tie.
The forward became the first and only Englishman to have scored in the Copa do Brasil as he made history in South America.
Now, he has completed his first full 90 minutes for the club in Wednesday’s clash against Independiente Santa Fe in Bogota in what was an impressive performance.
The club drew 1-1 and Diniz picked out Lingard who, despite not scoring, thinks he had his best game yet.
“Jesse made one of his best matches today. If you consider the difficulty of the game, maybe it was his best game.
"Against Peñarol he was good, but the team was very inspired. He finished the game well; he still had gas.”
On including Lingard after a domestic game and a long-haul flight: "When something happens, some uninformed person comes along and says, Ah, but he repeated the team. The physiology, performance and medical department is great; it gathers the best number of elements possible to make the best decisions."
Lingard was linked to Wrexham during their promotion push to the Premier League which fell through. He looks to have made the right move to Brazil where he looks to be growing in confidence each week.