Valencia
Updated Friday, November 10, 2023 – 20:27
Fast, cheeky and tireless, the Asturian shines in the ‘Quinta del Pipo’ after passing through the quarries of Real Madrid and Bara
Diego López celebrates the goal he scored against Mallorca.EFE
The goatee makes him look older, but you still recognize that boy who couldn’t stop smiling flanked by Quini y David Villa. Diego Lopez Noguerol (Turn, 2002) had just turned 12 years old and they were giving him the Quini Trophy which rewards the top Asturian scorer in each category. He already had one from his first year of youth and that afternoon he received two, because his 52 goals were not surpassed by any player, neither in his category nor in any other. He couldn’t even imagine that, nine years later, he was going to be one of the bullets that the Valenciathe team in which Villa shone, used to seek victory against the Real Madrid at the Bernabu.
Diego saw that stadium up close and also very far away. Son of the mining basin, his story is that of the boy who kicked the back wall of the ‘El Descanso’ restaurant, which was where Miguel y Sonia They made their living by feeding their neighbors. Miguel, Diego’s older brother who he has been with for almost a decade, had tried his luck in soccer. I arrived at Oviedo of Santi Cazorlabut he had no luck and dedicated himself to blasting.
They took the little one to Figaredo, but Xeitosa de Gijn, a soccer team home to soccer players like Abelardo and Luis Enrique, offered him to train. Too many kilometers for a family with a business, but they relied on friends and Diego signed up. It didn’t take long for Sporting to take their eye on that player they define as “lively, expressive, who knew how to move” and take him to Mareo being a youngest. The takeoff was quick because he had a gift for scoring. That boy paid attention to the movements of Villa and Ral and had dizzying appearances in the area.
From Real Madrid to Bara
62 goals in the last year in Gijn as a cadet and the capturer of the Real Madrid it was clear. In 2017, at 15 years old, he took him to Valdebebas. That they take care of him and give him studies, Sonia asked.. He spent one season in the youth C team, but the experience did not pay off despite scoring 18 goals. The club stopped betting on him. And Bara appeared. Diego felt more supported in the Mass where he was growing and scoring goals.
Diego, with a trophy during his time as a Bara youth player.EM
Vctor Valds He made his debut in the National Youth League in the 19/20 season and in the Youth League and, in February, before the outbreak of the pandemic that returned him to Turn for a few months, his debut in the Honor Division. On the second day he scored a double and on the third a hat-trick. By then his references had increased and he was closely observing Luis Surez. With 42 goals, he closed a season as top scorer for Cadete B. However, once again he lacked a stroke of luck.
had it when Jose Jimnez, Valencia’s recruiting director, went to see the youth derby. The target was the Espanyol striker, but I saw him and, despite the fact that due to his height he is not a typical center forward, I knew that he could fit in with Valencia. He is vertical, intense, fast, a type of scorer who, as Louse Lopez o Villafits in Mestalla, tells EL MUNDO.
Valencia did not have Bara’s doubts, which incorporated him in the summer of ’21 and Bordals He took it straight to the preseason, where he scored his first goal. I knew that Cans, Brentford’s wing player, is not very good defensively and I looked behind him, he said in August 2021. Today they are teammates in the dressing room and ‘rivals’ on the wing, which is where Baraja made his debut. I had done it before Gattuso, a few minutes against Atlético de Madrid in the season opener at Mestalla. It was Monday and Miguel and Sonia had the restaurant closed, but they got together with friends to watch the game in the hope that Diego would show up.
It was not the Italian who supported him, but rather Pipo, in need of footballers with courage to save Valencia, but also a goal. The Asturian gave him three, one against Real Madrid overshadowed by the controversy with Vinicius. All from the left wing. I still see Diego as a forwardJimnez insists, but it is true that he does a great job of retreating and, at that moment, it helped a lot.
What has Baraja seen to bring him closer to the area? His surroundings reveal it: He is empty, he is difficult to mark due to his mobility and he enters from both wings because he handles both profiles. He has added three more goals this season and his success has already brought him to the Under-21 team, where he has also scored. ‘Guaján’ is the most rebellious image of the ‘Quinta del Pipo’.
2023-11-10 19:27:14
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