Dani Olmo, the prankster of the decisive goals who no longer eats meat

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Daniel Olmo, Dani

(Terrasa, 23 years old) is a guy, apparently, serious.

Perhaps because he left at the age of 16 to play in a strange place for such a young boy (Croatia), perhaps because the next step in his career is taking place in Germany (Leipzig), the point is that he is one of those guys, they say , who jokes with a serious face.

It was verified by a Federation employee not long ago.

On November 14, still in the bowels of

, celebrating qualifying for the World Cup after winning (1-0) against Sweden, Olmo looked at his interlocutor:

.

The person for whom the question was intended did not get it at first.

He had to laugh afterwards.

Because Olmo asked, sarcastically, happily, in the middle of the revelry in the locker room, how was it possible that

, the 10 from Sweden, his teammate at Leipzig, had failed the two occasions he failed, very clear, and that they had sent very probably to Spain in the playoffs.

A shot from the edge of the box in the 15th minute and a shot at the far post, with quite an advantage, in the 38th minute. Then came

's goal in the 86th minute which, by the way, came as a result of a brutal shot by Olmo from outside the area that crashed into the crossbar.

The rebound was caught by the Juventus striker and today Spain expects rivals in the draw next Friday.

Olmo is one of the regulars with

.

In fact, of the very fixed.

Only injuries have separated him from the calls since November 2019 (19 games added).

Because the one who made the boy debut with the absolute was

, in a match against Malta in Cádiz.

And that same day he showed that he has many qualities, but one of them is the goal.

And the goal in important moments.

That day he entered the field in the 66th minute and scored in the 69th, the day of his debut.

He then he has scored three more goals with the national team, all important.

He opened the scoring against Kosovo in La Cartuja but, above all, he allowed Spain to remain hooked on qualifying for the World Cup with a spectacular goal in Georgia that made it 1-2.

Then would come that shot to the crossbar, germ of Morata's goal that certified the pass, and Saturday's goal to beat Albania in the 90th minute.

The midfielder, or winger, or center forward (who has been used by Luis Enrique in all those positions) of Leipzig responds to the coach's confidence by

.

Execute the automatisms worked on in attack and, above all, meet the defensive requirements.

The coach is obsessed with his forwards being the ones who go to pressure if the ball is lost and does not allow them not to return if the opponent exceeds the pressure line and runs on the counterattack.

There are very good footballers who, because they are not willing to run after losing the ball, are not here.

Dani Olmo is not one of them.

Post-marathon injuries

The boy breathes in this March that is dying after paying, like Pedri, like others, for the excess of matches last year, where he played with his club first, with the national team the Eurocup later and also with the national team the Olympic Games in summer.

In total,

.

A marathon, an outrage, which has caused many changes in his life.

First, because this course began, of course, with two serious muscle injuries (the first kept him out for five weeks, and the second for almost seven).

And, as a result of that, of course, he has changed some things.

, recently told in an interview in Germany.

So she has added a nutritionist to the group of five people (including a representative, communication people, a physical trainer and a psychologist, or 'coach' as ​​they say now) who surround her.

He is crazy about going back to Spain, and in fact he did everything possible to sign for Barça in this winter market, but he has the handicap that Leipzig does not have financial problems and whoever wants a 23-year-old Spanish international, a prototype of a modern footballer, he is going to have to drop something more than the

that the well-known website Transfermarkt suggests as a markup value.

Olmo put the climax to an unforgettable night for the Federation, which yesterday was smiling as much as possible after the party that was the match.

After the convulsive years that Catalonia and its main city have experienced,

, the multiplication of Spanish flags and the protest cries (also the absence of cries against independence) left a feeling of joy in all members of the expedition.

, they repeated, not without reason.

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