• Second, this is the classification

In the stands of Fernando Torres, the Fuenlabrada stadium, there are fans who met the club in dirt fields, in those morning of bacon sandwich and duels with Navalcarnero or Alcorcón. Now, spins of the ball, they see their team fighting at the top of Second. Despite being a newly promoted and managing the lowest budget in the category (four million against the 29.2 of Girona) , on Sunday they defeated the leader, a Cadiz who was released. “We maintain a good base, and we have a very close clothing. There is enthusiasm and experience, ”says coach, Jorge Meré , looking towards the core of veterans that holds the group. THE WORLD talks with five of them, types with kilometers and anecdotes to liven up any desktop. From presidents with submachine guns to the verbiage of David Vidal. From Ukraine to Australia, stopping in Fuenlabrada. Add together 65 team changes.

Oriol Riera (33 years old. 13 clubs)

His little girl took him to Fuenlabrada this summer, tired of Australia. «I wanted to return to Spain. I missed the family, ”explains Oriol Riera, one of the names with the most curriculum in the Second Revelation team. The adventure in Sydney loved it. «Beautiful city. Very expensive, yes. Soccer there is different, but it suited us very well to the family. My girls speak English as native. The bad thing was the 24-hour trip from Barcelona, ​​”says this Barca squad who Ronaldinho hesitated on his first trip with the adults. «When I debuted with Barça, on a trip to Porto, he made me carry my suitcase all the time, to the hotel. At dinner everyone applauded me. Now, he says, the relationship between veterans and youth has changed a lot. "You neglect and end up spending jokes on them," says a forward who does not doubt when asked about his best professional memory: "The two goals I made with Osasuna in El Sadar at Madrid de Ancelotti, who ended up winning the Tenth ».

Cristóbal Márquez (35 years old. 18 clubs)

Another veteran of the locker room, like Juanma Marrero. Márquez recovers in the spinal cord and starts, with quality, in a very solid block. Your passport weighs the amount of stamps you wear. From Indonesia to Australia. Also Greece. "Now the Second Spanish allows you to make a living, and without risks," he clarifies, with the memory of his adventures in Ukraine, for example, with the president of the club (the Karpaty) arriving at training sessions surrounded by submachine guns. «The session stopped and you had to go to greet him. And at the meetings in his office, they took away your cell phone so you wouldn't record it, ”the Madrid player reviews. "I lived that in Russia too," adds Chico Flores, before going to pose for the photographer in the rain. On the lawn, Cristobal remembers another: "In Ukraine, when the president was going to fish, if they did not bite him, they threw the fish so that he would not be angry."

Chico Flores (32 years old. 14 clubs)

In the press room where he sits with his teammates, the coach just appeared before only four journalists. Medically, Madrid and Atlético absorb all the focus in the region. "But we're making noise, aren't we?" Asks Chico, the best-known face in the locker room. «The Second has improved a lot, now it is a very attractive category. It is paid per day and the facilities have improved. Fuenla has just reached the elite, but he has clear ideas and the people inside the club work very well. They make it easy for us. And then, the results are coming », he analyzes. Hugo Sánchez made him famous in 2009 by turning him into the shadow of Xavi during an Almeria-Barça. Iron marking to the most typical man of other times. The Mexican coach remembers his part of the most original training. The old ram wanted them to imitate their supreme fate. «He put the strikers in line at the edge of the area and threw the ball to make Chileans. At that distance from the goal! They ended up with broken kidneys, ”recalls Flores, signing star of Fuenlabrada. «We have a very good atmosphere. Today they all come with their families to my wife's birthday. Ball park included ». In these quotes, there is no shortage of good stories about Chico: «In Qatar, it was very small when I undressed the first day in the locker room. All the comrades were scandalized. They got on their knees, they screamed at me, they said to cover me ... Other customs », tells a defense who has passed through England, Italy and Russia.

Juanma Marrero (37 years. Seven clubs)

The captain has been at Fuenlabrada since 2016 and with a goal from him to Recreativo he helped the ascent. «The results make the rivals respect us. He saw himself before Cádiz. But much remains. We only think about achieving the points to save us, and then if we have to dream of more, then we will dream ». He played in Las Palmas, Huesca, Oviedo, Numancia ... Soccer of all colors. "People like Juanma have transmitted the idiosyncrasy of the club, which although humble, has roots in the city," says his coach. Marrero does not forget another previous technician, a legend of the modest benches: David Vidal. «He was a visionary. And his speeches, unique. One day he placed a defense midfielder and he was thrown out in the first half. At rest, losing 0-3, he himself said 'delicate moment, David, delicate' ».

David Prieto (36 years. 13 clubs)

"But look at him, if it's better now than a decade ago," says Chico Flores about Prieto, Andalusian globetrotters like him. He arrived at the beginning of the year at Fuenlabrada, when he was without a team and thinking about the withdrawal. Months later he achieved promotion to Second after six attempts at other clubs. “We are veterans, yes, but I think this helps in such a tough division. In addition, football has changed a lot. The prevention of injuries, food, training ... Before it was much to go jogging, and now everything is much more technified, ”says this defender who debuted in Sevilla de Caparrós. «With 36 years I try to enjoy every day, because you don't know what you have left. And the family? My child has gone to six schools, with this life that we lead, but says it is better. That way he has friends everywhere ».

In his top anecdotes, several with Juan Carlos Ríos, Cadiz coach who had at Xerez and who watched the games the day before. "I never got it right." His method was curious. «After taking three weeks with us, always losing, he arrived on Monday and presented himself as if it were his first day. 'Hello, my name is such and this is my second, etc, etc', making the whole number. Freaking out in the locker room, we ask him: 'mister, what does he do? If we already know him ... ' And he goes and lets go: 'Yes, but the hell, as they say to a new coach, sure victory ... Well, let's try it' ».

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