The dates of the agony. 14 days to solve the title
Classification: Atlético continues to lead
August died, football was reborn.
Córdoba CF was in First
Division
,
Fernando Torres was
still thrashing, a small volcano was erupting in Iceland,
King Juan Carlos
announced his retirement.
In 2014 things happened.
Against what is his team today, for example,
Joan Jordán
(Regencós, Gerona, 1994) made his debut with the Espanyol shirt.
They lost that night at home by 1 to 2. He played just 20 minutes, as many as he was.
Opposite, on the grass, was
Fernando Navarro
, Sevilla's current football director.
There is hardly anything left of that Nervionense team.
Aleix Vidal
, the wickers, the stands and
Monchi
, back, in their offices.
Two summers ago the Andalusian team needed to revitalize the midfield, rebuild the team, give arms to a
recently arrived
Julen Lopetegui
.
The immovable 4-3-3 of the Basque coach required a midfielder with an interest in defending, a midfielder with an interest in attacking and a midfielder who harmonized both vocations.
That would bring balance, depth and good sense.
That he was and was not.
The cousin who dances with the grandmother at the festival, essential and gray.
Savior and transparent.
Joan Jordán had just played 3,000 minutes at Eibar on 18-19.
Supporting, like Atlas, its core.
Attending, marking, being irreplaceable;
a young man aged by responsibility, a pure midfielder.
«It is an impressive step.
If years ago they had told me that I would be here today, it would be unthinkable.
On a personal level, my goal is to grow and I believe that Sevilla is an ideal club to do so, "he said in his presentation, full and hopeful.
The Magisterium of Mendilibar
He still did not know that in that season he would finish as a starter in a European final.
I still did not know that many give it as a fixed in the next list of
Luis Enrique
.
He still did not know that he would be the best footballer on his team against Barcelona at the gates of a Copa del Rey final.
After not finding space in Espanyol, he had excelled in the Second on loan at Valladolid.
At Eibar he learned, thanks to the patience and didactics of
José Luis Mendilíbar
, to play without the ball, to press up, to take risks, to throw the team on his back.
When his teammate
Bryan Gil
doubted which club to choose to go on loan, Jordán recommended that he be under the command of the gunsmith technician.
"Training with him is like doing a master's degree," the footballer went on to say.
Sevilla paid almost 15 million for Joan, becoming the highest sale of the Gipuzkoan team.
Jordán has reached football maturity at 26 years old.
He has the Lopetegui system tattooed on his skin, a la
Prison Break
.
He is not robust, but he is elastic, tireless, generous with muscle, clairvoyant with the ball.
An oxygen cylinder with boots for your companions.
His long passes relax the rival.
Fernando breathes between the center-
backs
,
Ivan Rakitic
sighs between the extremes, Jordán wears blue jumpsuit and fat even on his eyelids.
His great moment of form explains the current solvency of Sevilla, more comfortable and vertical when he is on the pitch.
Drummer in battle
Against Barcelona, in the first leg of the Cup, he played his best match with the Sevillista elastic.
He filled the entire center circle by himself.
He stole and created.
He won and reigned.
Midfield lessons.
It was liquid in front of
Frenkie de Jong
,
Pedri
and
Sergio Busquets
, overwhelmed and unappetizing.
It was his media christening.
A recital that transcended the local temple.
With the eight on his back and stubbornness as a great confessed flaw, Jordán celebrates goals like a madman.
Furious, happy, drumming in battle.
Against Barcelona, today in the League, Jordán will dress in white to try to exercise his empire again in the central páramo of Pizjuán, his home.
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