Causeur, the eternal squire who is already the leader of Real Madrid

• Causeur's first game and a Real Madrid up to the task

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There was a defining play.

In the midst of the agony, of that ghost of other people's comebacks, with Maccabi not giving up, a divided ball.

And, like lions, three whites to the ground,

who was even injured in his wrist in that fight (it is a doubt for today, second round against Maccabi at WiZink, 8:45 p.m., DAZN).

For

, the action that filled him the most.

Because he reflects the lost communion, the collective desire, a handle of hope for Real Madrid.

But the proper name, which was in that mud with four fouls -he left shortly after, expelled, with five and with the tremendous ovation of WiZink- was that of

.

Too many hero times already to consider it a surprise.

Although perhaps this time the big news is that the shooting guard emerged as the great leader of a team he joined five years ago, even rejecting other offers.

It was not a signing with great fanfare that summer of 2017. He was not coming from one of the European giants, although at

's Brose Bamberg he had shone to the point of being crowned Bundesliga MVP.

He was reminded of his time in Baskonia, of his left-handed efficiency, those penetrations that were so difficult to stop.

His girlfriend from Madrid ,

, now his wife and mother of his daughter Valentina, also had something to do with his arrival in the capital.

But he was more of a reinforcement for the second unit, a squire for Rudy and Llull.

"The most difficult thing was to have a place in such a good team, with players with so many qualities. And I wanted to give something special to this team," he acknowledged then.

And it is true that he never insisted on making too much noise, although that season was already key to the conquest of the Tenth.

In that final against Fenerbahçe, his moment, he was only outshone by Luka Doncic.

17 points, that defense over Sloukas, that explosive third quarter.

Although he, always a loquacious, kind and friendly guy, remembers the two free throws missed in the abyss that Trey Thompkins' offensive rebound prevented from being a suicide.

"You saved my ass," he told the power forward.

"He always does important things"

"I always praise Fabien. There are days when he plays better and days when he plays worse, but he always does important things for the team. I never consider him secondary," Laso admitted after the first round against Maccabi, where the Frenchman infected the rest. from the very beginning.

He signed 20 points (four triples), four rebounds, five assists and each break on the bench coincided with the Hebrew comebacks.

That ability to generate from the perimeter that Madrid plays so much this season has been even more evident when Causeur has been absent.

Last December, after contracting the coronavirus, the one from Brest stayed longer in the dry dock due to some complications and precaution.

Later, he missed the Cup final after being injured in the semifinal against Tenerife and did not return until the end of last March.

An absence in the middle of the storm of bad results.

Causeur's scoring averages in the Euroleague do not exceed nine points, but he is the white player with the best percentage of three, flirting with 50%.

In a season of trouble, a guarantee.

Again without

this Friday and with the mission of traveling to Tel Aviv with the 2-0, Real Madrid entrusts itself to a talent that is much more.

Fabien has also been key in the integration of his compatriots (

...) in the dynamics of Real Madrid.

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