New role for Ceballos – AS.com

In one life there are many lives. can you confirm ceballoswhich is now enjoying a very different time than in 2018, 2019 or even 2022. They have been years of ostracism, with some cold first steps, a fluctuation of sensations and a loan to London (for two seasons). He came back… and got injured. Sometimes it poured on wet. His case, because the medical report was serious: complete tear of ligaments. She hit rock bottom; ‘luck’, which is sometimes what is needed to gain momentum and return to the surface. And in those months of nursing, Ceballos reflected, changed the chip and became a silent and hardworking player. With hardly any interviews or messages on social networks. Little by little he gained Ancelotti’s trust, He returned to the plans, to the parties. And now, at ounces.

This life has more light than the previous ones. And there is a cold fact: until today, in all his second stage in white (last season and this)had only been a starter in the League six times. Last season was the most devastating (only two!): He played matchdays 33 and 34, against Osasuna and Espanyol, respectively. Nothing more. But in this one, something is changing: Of the 18 days that go in the League, he has only run out of minutes, by technical decision, in three. In fact, he played in the first seven … until he got hurt again. He was training: left hamstring tear (one month off). But from this setback he rose even stronger and now, he bathes in that word that the world of sports adores so much: momentum. A state of performance in which, it seems that everything works out. The crest of the wave.

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There he is, at this moment, Ceballos. With confidence through the roof and football, fine. The gray performance of Kroos and the fatigue of Modric they opened the casting from the center of the field. Oppositions in which he is taking note: great game in Villarreal (with winning goal included), notable high in San Mamés and sensational derby (Where, yes, it was the eye of the hurricane of controversy, and could have been expelled for a reckless entry on Lemar). He has the impetus on the surface and Ancelotti knows it. Today, against Real Sociedad, he will start again. He has gone from being an invisible player, to the most indisputable and in the best shape of the entire midfield. And all this, with the unknown of his future in the air: his contract ends in June. “Now is the time to grit my teeth, because I have four months left on my contract”he said in the bowels of San Mamés. resounding; straight.