The great leap of Álex, the 'other' of the Fernández

• Ancelotti "Hazard is going to start because he deserves it, not because there are casualties"

In the

there are several types of players.

Some have talent and luck, some talent and misfortune, others talent and little commitment and the last, talent and perseverance.

(Alcalá de Henares, 1992) is from that fourth group.

As a teenager he was international in all national grassroots football teams and in 2011, at just

, he won the

won by

.

In a squad with

, all players who jumped into the First Division almost instantly, UEFA selected Álex, and not another, as the best footballer of the tournament.

In March of that year he had made his debut with

and the future was opening up on his feet, but football, capricious and incoherent, moved away from him.

The two paths of the Fernández family

While

with Madrid and took the logical steps towards his establishment in the first team, his brother ended up out of

. He had been there since he was

, but the misunderstanding when negotiating a new agreement with the Whites made his career take several steps backwards. He received the letter of freedom and ended up at

, where he signed a contract to be loaned out to

of Croatia (on the recommendation of

) and to the

British

. He did not win and two years later, already in the summer of 2016, he went to

. Nacho was already a two-time European champion.

Twelve months later, he arrived in Cádiz.

Between that golden ball in the European Under-19 and his first day at

six years passed.

More than half an eternal decade, something disappointing for a player who had triumphed at

and who had his "best friend" in the front room, a triple Champions

champion

.

Sibling joy, soccer rage.

Captain General in Cádiz

But in

everything changed and Álex finally found his place on the soccer planet, something that, like in any other job, is not usually where one learns the profession. At the

, now converted into the Nuevo Mirandilla Stadium, the youngest of the Fernández family has written the best lines of his footballing history, he has always stopped talking about his brother's successes and has begun to explain the origin of his own, which are many.

He scored

in the season for promotion to First Division and last year he was general captain for

.

So much so that this summer, once the permanence was achieved, half of Spain has called its representatives.

and at 28 he seems to be facing the great opportunity of his life.

His renewal with the Andalusian team seems far from materializing but Cervera trusts him so much that he continues to give him the team's midfield.

On the horizon, his signing is desired by some

.

A logical leap, a

.

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