« Adriaaan! What a story ! ”, Exploded Jürgen Klopp, getting into the shoes of Rocky Balboa, in the field-level statements after being crowned European super champion thanks to the stop on the decisive penalty against Chelsea. Adrián San Miguel won that August hearts red when his leg stopped Abraham's shot at the most important moment. The German coach was referring to the laps of life, those in which as soon as one trains on his own without a contract with any club as he becomes the hero of the second European Super Cup that shines in Liverpool's showcases.

This Wednesday, the goalkeeper will have to replace the injured Alisson Becker in the Champions League round of 16 against Atlético , who won 1-0 in the Metropolitan. The Sevillian will start and will show its 1.88 meters high. Its wingspan in air balloons is one of its weapons. As they tell from their circle, Adrian is a calm man, although his Sevillian blood makes it impossible to deprive him of that Andalusian guasa. With two children and a very familiar, very homemade lifestyle, he has always been a football fan. Since mid-2013 he lives in England, where the knowledge of the language has served to adapt perfectly to the United Kingdom.

The Andalusian goalkeeper started as a striker when he was a child when he kicked the ball. The chance caused his team to need a goalkeeper to defend the goal. His unexpected quality led him to the inferior Betis. He adopted the lost manque from day one and was faithful to the verdiblanco until he fulfilled the dream of debuting with the first team in 2012 . It seems that his most representative images are associated with the white circle painted in the area.

His first day against Joaquin

In his professional debut, when he was third goalkeeper at Villamarín, fate decided that his first action under sticks was to face Joaquin, when the end dressed the colors of Malaga . The illustrious verdiblanco scored that penalty, but it served for Pepe Mel to bet on him. Everything seemed perfect consecrating itself in its first year until it saw the offer of renewal of the Heliopolitan entity, in which it had remained 16 years. «I did not feel valued», he came to comment on that issue.

That summer, Sam Allardyce, coach at that time of West Ham United, noticed him. The hammer cadre decided to make an offer to the Andalusian to incorporate it into their ranks. San Miguel was blowing bubbles until the summer of 2019, when he finished his contract and he was not renewed despite having left several milestones with the hammer jacket . There are goalkeepers who are born with that necessary luck to shine in special moments and the 33-year-old goalkeeper is. The Sevillian has a special color when he puts his feet on the goal line and waits for them to come to test him from the maximum penalty.

Among his great memories is the batch of sudden death against Roberto Martinez's Everton in a FA Cup duel in his second year with West Ham. When the score was 8-8, Joel Robles (curiously, current Verdiblanco goalkeeper) crashed his shot from eleven meters on the crossbar. Adrián, on the decisive pitch, took his run, threw his gloves green and hit low to give his victory .

Later, he would enter the history of the Premier League by becoming the first goalkeeper to stop three penalties in a row . First to Harry Kane in Tottenham, then to Nugent in a duel against Leicester and, finally, when he guessed the intentions of QPR striker Charlie Austin.

It is not known what will happen in Anfield against Atlético, but fans of the red box know that they will not walk alone if the tie is decided from eleven meters.

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