Another coach, another Fabian – AS.com

Fabian Ruiz (3-4-1996) – one of those outstanding sons who CastleHe gave it to football. In the middle of the races Jesus Navas (37 years old) and Gavi (19), he grew up in Union admiring Pirlo, Lampard And Ronaldinho before Mauri And Alfonso Salado they grabbed it for him Betis. There was a turning point in his life between the last year of his childhood and the first year of his cadetship, when in five months he grew 30 centimeters – a rarity that affected his coordination, but did not prevent him from eventually settling into elite football.

Fabianwho will always remember how he had to sing Macarena As a sign of hazing towards veterans, when he joined the Betis first team, he removed the thorn with his Choice V Berlinwhere a magnificent game took place, in which, helped by the extreme caution of the Croats with Rodrigo, he wandered calmly. He knew how to receive and handle. He played in the team, played long, scored a great goal, provided an assist, and had a pass success rate of 91% (49 out of 54); and he was the player who ran the most in Choice (12.2 km) Luis Enriquenow his coach is Paris Saint-Germainhe crossed it in the last 16 finals match European Cup. Precisely against Croatia. The Andalusian entered the field in the 78th minute with the score 3:1. Orsik (85′) and Pasalic (90′) they sent the game to extra time. In the end, Spain won, but the coach saw something that he decided not to ignore, although it was never made public. Fabian did not play again in this Eurocup or in the next 20 games for Luis Enrique in the office. A year and a half later Luis de la Fuente He was called up again for the first two games as head coach (Norway And Scotland).

Coming from a humble family (his mother Chari she was a cleaner in Sports City Luis del Sol belonging Betis), Fabian established himself on the international stage with his outstanding performance at the European Under-21 Championship. Italywas MVP tournament. By then he was already a player Napleswhere he arrived after the Parthenopians paid him 30 million euros Betis. Before that, in 2017. Barça flirted with signing him. The Blaugrana, knowing that he had a low release clause (15 million), were interested in including him in the reserve team. But the operation was unsuccessful. Two years later, Quique Setienduring the months of his fleeting passage through Barça, including the pandemic, once again put his name on the table of the technical secretariat. He was one of his favorite players.

Fabian, however, worked for four years at Naples until he was transferred for 22 million euros to Paris Saint-Germain, the club with which he has a contract until 2027. There he met again Luis Enrique. This was not certain, but on the important days of the Champions League (qualification vs. RealHe Barça And Dortmund), always took a seat at eleven next to Vitinha And Zaire-Emery in the center of the field. “Yeah Fabian was not called Fabian“You should talk about him more,” he said. Luis de la Fuente in the press center Olympic Stadium after the Andalusian raised the award MVP game, which he played quite normally. “Coach wants us to shoot when we are in the shooting range. “This is one of the most important goals of my career,” he concluded.

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