Ancelotti’s Real Madrid make their Cup debut this afternoon against Deportiva Minera, with a team full of young and unknown names. This is probably a minor duel for a team that will later participate in the Super Cup, but this afternoon, two names shine more than the others: Lorenzo Aguado and Diego Aguado. Two young players, no blood relation, except the consanguinity of La Fábrica.
Lorenzo Aguadocareer veteran at his 22 ans, He seems to have lived in Valdebebas all his life and that is more or less true. He arrived from Illescas when he was not yet eight years old and since then he has traveled through all the seasons of the Madrid team: from Benjamín B to Castilla, with an intermediate loan to Navalcarnero which left him with five goals in 14 matches. Today, he is a right-back full of wisdom, even a third central defender when the occasion demands it, he is a model of the house. A practical footballer, one of those who understands the value of silent effort.
On the other side of the scale, Diego Aguadobarely 17 years old and still in Juvenile A of Álvaro Arbeloa, d.at his first steps with the naturalness of someone who seems not to know that he is being observed. Left-handed, elegant at the exit, with this central calm which not only clarifies, but builds. Ancelotti promoted him to the first team out of necessity, but also out of conviction. I already had my eye on it and this evening it will start. His short career with Castilla, only two calls and 17 minutes against Mérida. This will be your first big night out.
This is why the match may be minor for the other players, but it will be unforgettable for the two young players who share the same last name. One with more scars, the other who is just starting out on the adventure of professional football. We dream of establishing ourselves in the first rotation of the team; the other, curiously, always wanted to be a firefighter. At the end of the day, they both put out the fires: one covering the spaces on the side, the other anticipating the cut.
In Murcia you will see two paths that arrive at the same time to your great opportunity and your great hope. Maybe Deportiva Minera will be forgotten. Perhaps the focus will return to the big names soon. But today, in this starting XI full of young players, two Aguados will seek to demonstrate, to the children who see them every day at Valdebebas, that they can do it.
