UD Ibiza returns to the competition next Saturday, after a weekend of rest due to the Copa del Rey dispute, and does so with an illustrious visit to the Real Madrid reserve team (Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium, 8 p.m.).
The Merengue factory has a renowned youth academy with great players who dream of succeeding in the first team and who, in addition, have one of the best mirrors in which to look at themselves: that of their coach, the historic Raúl González, the biggest star? of this First RFEF?
It is true that highly talented footballers with a promising future will pass before the celestial squad. Nevertheless, almost all the spotlights will point to the benchto the award-winning coach of the meringues puppies.
The third category of Spanish football has been taking giant steps in recent years. However, it is very possible that his great figure is on the benches and not on the pitch. And the Castilla coach is one of the most successful footballers with the best resume in the history of Spanish football.
Real Madrid legend, he won practically everything with the white club: 6 Leagues, 3 Champions Leagues, 2 Intercontinental Cups, 1 European Super Cup and 4 Spanish Super Cups. That at the level of titles because in the scoring aspect he was one of the great references in that team full of galacticos.
Outside of Spain he also continued to win trophies: Cup and Super Cup in Germany with Schalke 04; League, Cup and Super Cup with Qatari Al-Sadd; and a last League in the American New York Cosmos.
With such a track record, most likely His great thorn was the Spanish team. The greatest successes of La Roja came with the subsequent litter. Now, his name will be written for the rest of the years in the historical balance of scorers with the national team. For many years he was the leader of that classification with 44 points. Villa’s arrival placed him in second place. Only Morata (34) puts his top 2 in danger.
His career off the bench does not yet have the pedigree of his career as a player. He has led Real Madrid Castilla since June 2019, already then in the defunct Second Division B. However, began to define the history of the white club when it won the UEFA Youth League for the first time with the youth team. Since then, he has directed the great pearls of the Madrid youth academy. Although it seems that that could change at any time.
His name is one of the great regulars in the orbit to be a first team coach. In fact, he had it in his power to undertake a new adventure a few weeks ago in the direction of Villarreal, after the ‘yellow submarine’ fired Quique Setién. Or even a year ago to return to Germany, this time as a coach, with Eintracht Frankfurt.
The 2021 ‘play-off’ was light blue
It is clear that the Ibizan team visits a star this Saturday. To a footballer who marked an era and a coach who has already fought for several seasons for promotion to Second Division. Without getting it.
And the fact is that the Madrid subsidiary is one of the teams that has experienced the most disappointment in the play-offs. He suffered a bitter comeback last year against Eldense in the final tie, and in 2021 he ran into Juan Carlos Carcedo’s UD Ibiza in the semifinal played in Badajoz. A tie was worth it to the light blues and the scoreboard did not move at the end of the 120 minutes. UD Ibiza has taken the measure of Raúl’s Castilla. In 2019, the light blues came back at the Alfredo Di Stefano to win 1-2 with a double from Caballé.
2024-01-09 05:01:01
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