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"You need a minute to score a goal!"

locker room

at the

in

to congratulate his players one by one on their passage to the

final and stopped for a moment with

.

The youth squad player, star

of

, scored the 1-4 with the first and only ball he touched in the match.

He didn't need more.

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The origin of the smile of "Lizarazu" Camavinga after the family misfortune: "You are the hope of the family"

• Writing: ABRAHAM P. ROMERO (Special envoy) Rabat

The origin of the smile of "Lizarazu" Camavinga after the family misfortune: "You are the hope of the family"

The one from Arribas in Morocco was the

by a footballer with a subsidiary record since

's against

in a

tie in October

.

More than four years and several titles have passed since then, and Madrid, prisoner of the "

" that is assumed in the white team, seemed to have forgotten what it was like to celebrate the goal of a young promise.

«It is that this is Madrid, it has passed over

, how is it not going to be difficult for the youth players?

», argue in Valdebebas those who best know the entrails of the Madrid lower categories.

The 25 debutants

Since 2016, when

took over as coach, 25 footballers have made their debut with the first team, the result of decisions by the French coach,

, now the club's Director of Football, and

.

Only one has stayed:

.

The rest have taken different directions.

One is in the European elite:

(PSG).

Another in Serie A:

(Lazio).

Nine are making a career in La Liga:

(Celta),

(Getafe),

(Atlético),

(Valladolid),

(Rayo),

(Cádiz),

(Valencia),

(Girona) and

(Getafe).

Six are in the

:

(Málaga),

(Cartagena),

(Eibar),

(Sporting),

(Las Palmas) and

(Alavés).

is still in the 1st Federation (Fuenlabrada), and

are in Castilla.

Far from Europe,

signed for América de México and

for the Tokushima Vortis of the second Japanese.

"I am here to win, not to give minutes"

In other words, of all those who have had an official minute in recent years, the only one who has reached the "Real Madrid level" is Achraf.

«

, he is a high-level squad.

has repeated several times

at a press conference.

Waiting for what happens with

, who has many options to return to reinforce the left side, and the decisions that are made in the short term with Arribas and Álvaro Rodríguez,

's favourites , the homegrown players do not seem close to fill the wardrobe of Madrid's rotation.

Not even the

, such as

, who are still looking for their place in the elite of Spanish football.

They did not find it in Chamartín and they needed to go outside to prove it.

"The coaching staff knows them all because most of them train with the first team for many weeks of the season," they summarize in Valdebebas.

And there lies an experience that is sometimes more important than the minutes themselves: «Look Arribas.

A goal in Madrid, even if it is playing for a minute, is worth ten times more than scoring it in another club, "says a person very close to Castilla.

"Sergio has no birds in his head"

The small midfielder is the great star of the subsidiary, he accepted the insistence of the club to continue for another year under

's orders despite the fact that his football (and the offers) called for the First Division and now he sees the fruits of his patience, to repeat over and over again that saying that is heard in Valdebebas: "They have to kick you out of Madrid."

«

.

On a mental level he is quite strong and he is clear about his dream, which is to play for Madrid », they admit in his close circle.

His

and achieving a place in the first team, with what it would mean at an economic and sporting level, would be "a prize" for all the effort he has made to stay these years.

The dream of every Real Madrid child is to play for Madrid, but the reality is that for the youngsters who are trying to gain a foothold in the academy, reaching the Real Madrid subsidiary is already an incredible achievement.

Something that few achieve.

The step prior to securing a career in professional soccer.

The players observe fifty scouts from all over European football every weekend at Di Stefano.

"

, much more than other clubs in a higher category," they confess to the representation agencies.

The goal in the semifinal could boost Arribas' second part of the course, although Raúl, in the middle of the fight for the desired promotion of the subsidiary to Segunda, also needs him.

In the same situation is the Uruguayan striker

, to the liking of Ancelotti and who has come out in the South American sub'20.

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