the faces of the second Champions League of La Fábrica del Real Madrid

Actual Madrid’s Juvenil A has as soon as once more positioned La Fábrica on the middle of European soccer with its second Youth League.

A title that can not be understood with out the gathering of personalities which have appeared in Lausanne: a goalkeeper with the aura of a hero, a middle again with the hierarchy of a veteran, commanding midfielders and forwards who stay comfortably on the wire of the large nights.

A workforce that summarizes the membership’s youth academy challenge higher than any speech.

On the origin of all the things seems the determine of Javi Navarro. The goalkeeper has lifted the Youth League by saving penalties and transmitting a relaxed inappropriate for his age.

Within the semifinals, in opposition to PSG, he supported the workforce within the worst moments and have become a wall within the shootout. Within the remaining, in opposition to Bruges, he repeated his main function with new decisive saves and one other impeccable efficiency from the spot, to the purpose of being baptized because the ‘new Courtois’ for his influence between the sticks.

Past the simple useful resource of comparability, Navarro has earned the function of image of this era: he provides factors, spreads confidence and grows greater when the title is determined in a element.

In entrance of him, the silent management of Diego Aguado has been consolidated, the middle again who nicely justifies the nickname ‘crack’ for a defender. He has been the lynchpin of a protection that has barely conceded clear possibilities all through the ultimate part and, when all the things got here all the way down to a penalty shootout, he assumed the accountability of taking the ultimate shot. He did it with absolute coldness, as if a European remaining have been simply one other league match.

His profile suits the fashionable middle again that the membership is in search of: he dominates the aerial sport, comes out with persona from behind and doesn’t conceal when the stage is burning. He’s the kind of participant {that a} locker room appears to be like at when his legs are heavy.

Joan Martínez, Fortea…

At his aspect, Joan Martínez has served as the right associate. Much less showy, extra sober, he has been the middle of protection, the one who seems to place out fires and steadiness probably the most dominant teammate. Between them they’ve constructed a complementary couple that has allowed the workforce to take care of a courageous plan, with the road ahead and plenty of meters behind them.

On the wings, the burden has fallen on full-backs with a transparent offensive vocation. Jesús Fortea, on the proper, has been a continuing outlet, a winger with an limitless vary who mixes aggressiveness in stress with precision in his additions. If La Fábrica has been producing high-level full-backs for years, Fortea suits completely into that custom.

The defensive position is accomplished with the early emergence of Álvaro Lezcano. At his age, lots of his era mates nonetheless stay within the consolation of cadet soccer, however he has already seen himself in a continental remaining.

His presence within the eleven speaks each of his potential and of the membership’s dedication to accelerating the abilities that stand out. Bodily sturdy, with good studying of duels, he represents the rapid way forward for a challenge that isn’t glad with profitable at the moment.

Within the middle of the sector, the baton has gone to Cestero, one of many ‘veterans’ of the group. From the midfield place, he has been the beacon that orders the ball out, provides the primary clear go and helps the workforce when the rival presses.

You need not increase your voice to steer; All you must do is be nicely positioned and all the time select the proper choice. His determine connects the era that can quickly depart for Castilla with the one which seems from behind.

Round him, the power was offered by Beto, a back-and-forth insider who clearly reached each areas and didn’t flinch when it got here to taking his penalty within the remaining. He’s the lung of the midfield, the one who corrects when the workforce splits and the one who seems on the second line to complete.

At his aspect, Carlos Díez has offered that time of creativity so mandatory on even nights. Offensive midfielder or playmaker, he has lived between the strains, connecting with the forwards and likewise assuming accountability within the shootout. His approach of profiling, receiving and turning, makes him a pure hyperlink between the engine room and the objective.

Also playing in three quarters is one of the tournament’s biggest names: Liberto Navascués. He has appeared in the moments that define seasons, with goals in the crossroads and coolness to open the penalty shootout in the final.

His profile, halfway between winger and playmaker, allows him to arrive from the second line and surprise. He is the type of player who does not hide when the score is tight, who asks for the ball and offers himself as a solution.

Up top, the area has had a very clear protagonist starting from the wing: Daniel Yáñez, the reference right winger. His game is not measured only by goals or shots, but by everything he generates around him. He fixes the sides and centre-backs, attacks the back, opens spaces for the arrivals of Liberto, Alexis or Jacobo and, when the tie is decided from the eleven meters, he also delivers.

It is the wing attacker profile that La Fábrica likes: constant threat to space, good hitting and commitment to pressing, with the added ability to act as a striker when the plan demands it.

On the outside, Alexis Ciria has provided electricity. Young, vertical winger, he has constantly forced opposing full-backs to run backwards. His audacity contrasts with the sobriety of other teammates, but he fits like a glove in a team that appreciates having an overflow in close duels.

And in the last offensive line appears Jacobo Ortega, another of the ‘big brothers’ of the locker room. More seasoned, more mature in his movements, he has given pause in the supports and judgment in the high press, helping to organize the team from the attacking front.

Real Madrid’s second Youth League is not an accident. It is the confirmation of a model that combines early talent, demanding training and a natural coexistence with maximum pressure scenarios.

In Lausanne we have seen the present of La Fábrica, but, above all, we have sensed the future: the one in which the surnames of Navarro, Aguado, Fortea, Cestero, Ortega or Yáñez begin to appear, sooner rather than later, among the elite.