Direct, that's how we live it
One day after
Zinedine Zidane
lifted the
Euro 2000 Championship
, a boy named
Marvin Olawale Akinlabi Park was
born in
Palma de Mallorca
.
It was July 3, 2000. From a Nigerian father and a South Korean mother, the boy became a footballer.
In 2016 he signed for the Real Madrid youth, in 2019 he chose to play for
Spain
rather than for his parents' countries of origin and in 2021 he debuted as the starter of the white first team under the command of that '10' who made the European champion France.
Marvin Park was Zidane's emergency solution to the plague of injuries that plagues the Real Madrid squad.
The merengue infirmary already welcomes eight players (Carvajal, Odriozola, Ramos, Militao, Lucas, Valverde, Rodrygo and Hazard) and against Getafe Kroos could not play, sanctioned.
The result was a call "with what is put" and with five of the homegrown players who were champions of the Youth Champions.
There was Marvin, who arrived in Madrid in 2016 from Es Jonquet Penya Arrabal, who has been rising through the merengue quarry (Youth C, B, A) until he became a key piece of the squad that conquered Europe and, also, Castilla from Raúl, with whom he played 26 games last season and scored three goals.
Midfielder with the physique to strengthen, but with enough talent and speed to convince Zidane, who is delighted with him and has already given him minutes in several games.
Never as a starter, until today.
He won the place to an
Isco
who arrived between cotton wool, and jumped first to warm up with the '28' on his back.
A matter of desire.
A few seconds into the warm-up,
Modric
gestured at him and they teamed up in the classic passing drill.
The Ballon d'Or and the child.
Benzema teased him to ease his nerves and the young man smiled.
Marvin's 'fifth' teammates were waiting on the bench:
Miguel Gutiérrez
(19-year-old left-back),
Víctor Chust
(20-year-old center-back), Antonio Blanco (19-year-old midfielder) and
Sergio Arribas
(19-year-old midfielder).
All four of them have been at La Fábrica since they were children and are the most prominent of that European champion team.
Roces with Cucurella
The game faced the team that made the most fouls in LaLiga, Getafe (16.8 per game), which is also the most booked (71 yellows in total) and the second cleanest in the competition, Madrid, with barely 10.9 per encounter.
It was noticed by Marvin, who started as the lane in Zidane's 3-4-3 that forced him to travel the entire right wing.
In the first half he had the French coach by his side to correct mistakes and encourage him.
"Good Marvin!"
Nacho
repeated
, protector.
And opposite
Cucurella
, the best footballer of Getafe.
With him he had several frictions in which he ended up on the ground, but he held them well.
At the end of the first 45 minutes, he was the best player on the field according to the statistics website 'Who Scored', with a 6.9 mark.
A physical problem forced him to leave the field in 55, Arribas entering in his place, but his night was done.
At the same time
,
Kubo
jumped for Getafe
, a white pearl and a headache after his unsuccessful transfer to Villarreal.
When the game was young, because
Vinícius
, nine days younger than Marvin despite having been in the elite for more than two seasons, put a perfect cross for Benzema 1-0.
Zidane celebrated on the bench, this time forgetting the applause and the usual smile, screaming with anger and clenching his fists.
Mendy's 2-0 gave him enough peace of mind to give minutes to another young debutant in the League,
Víctor Chust
.
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