The hour of Dani Ceballos: from a perverse dynamic to being the beginning and the end

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The nights of San Mamés were always underlined in red by any aspirant to glory with Real Madrid, so someone as intrepid as

could not miss the opportunity.

It was his time.

It was time to show that against Athletic, the rival that pressed the best in the League according to the statistics,

could trust his football.

In his work and in his freshness.

Ceballos was not going to hide, just as he is not going to hide either starting tomorrow.

Although he does not achieve the necessary continuity as a starter, he will always want to feel like a protagonist.

In the company of

and

, Ceballos gave a recital in Bilbao on Sunday.

He attracting the rivals from his position as a left-handed midfielder, directing the play and accelerating the movement.

without rushing

A 93% accuracy in the passes (51/55), plus eight long balls without error.

He knew how to oxygenate the team by going down to receive and was able to dominate by playing face to face.

He needed to know beginning and end.

Although above all, he had to free himself from a shadow that has haunted him since the day he was signed.

Sharing a dressing room with

and

has been an ordeal and joy for Ceballos, who absorbed knowledge and oozed disappointment.

Between 2017 and 2019, relegated by the most dominant creative duo in Europe in the last decade, only six complete league games.

And last year, just one, that Saturday party for the title against Espanyol.

Four days later he suffered a muscle problem during extra time against Manchester City.

On this perverse dynamic he has tilted his entire stage as a Real Madrid player.

Overflowing personality

Ceballos's drama is very similar to the one that

and

must face , observed under a microscope by a stadium that for a quarter of a century enjoyed

and

.

However, while the wingers tend to opt for discretion, the Sevillian always bets on daring.

It's worth that troubled minute added in the final in Paris against Liverpool or the missed pass that led to Gavi's 0-3 draw in Riyadh.

The overflowing personality of Ceballos, even stepping on land that does not correspond to him, resembles in some way that of

.

Another virtuoso who, when he did not abandon himself physically, used to dazzle Ancelotti.

warned

at the end of August.

However, the coach has only half complied.

In his immediate plans, he seems to favor Camavinga as a midfielder, leaving Ceballos as a trigger.

Like last Thursday at Villarreal, when in just half an hour he scored a goal and scored the winner.

In the sectors that Kroos treads, but also with a much wider range of action.

His snatches with the ball under control, without being as powerful as Valverde's, recalled

's .

And in the vicinity of the area he appeared as a virtuoso midfielder.

"clench your teeth"

At 26, Ceballos knows he could make it on any other aspiring team.

His contract, like that of

,

,

, Kroos and Modric, expires in June, so weeks of gossip await.

"It's time to grit your teeth.

I have many games to show my level », he warned in the mixed zone of San Mamés.

Madrid, of course, does not want to give gifts to Betis, nor does the strange case of

, leader of an unapproachable Arsenal in the Premier, repeat itself.

Meanwhile, the footballer awaits a call from

, who has already given him the reins of the sub-21.

Spain can revolve around Ceballos in the Nations League and qualifying for the Eurocup.

Despite appearances, under that scruffy trot hides a midfielder who does not shy away from duels.

Just what a team in need of a new breath needs.

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