Familiarity, humility, history … are some of the concepts that best define The Liara Balompi, a great little football club from The Palaces and Villafranca, a town of 38,000 inhabitants, which on Sunday August 29 was thrilled with the debut with the Bara from one of his prodigy boys, Gavi. “I am the happiest child in the world,” said the Andalusian after the premiere against him. Getafe. And in The Li
ara
they got goose bumps. “You feel so happy that it arrives,” he explains to
MARK
his first coach there,
Manuel Batalla
, with a mixture of pride and great emotion. The midfielder gave his first serious kicks to the ball in the
Las Marismas Avenue
and everyone remembers that he already had a special gift. “People did not say let’s see the game of
The Liara
, said let’s see the team of
Gavi
“, recalls Antonio Jos Campn, now president of the club and, at that time, a senior player.
People did not say let’s see La Liara’s game, they said let’s see Gavi’s team
Campn
He looked small on the green, and he was playing with a category higher than his age, but physically with tremendous qualities. “With those ages you have to change children a lot, but not. He was whole when others could not,” he explains.
Battle
. He was only two years old, from 6 to 8 in the pre-baby category, after
Betis
do not hesitate to welcome him into his quarry.
With those ages you have to change a lot to the little ones, but not to; was whole when others couldn’t
Battle
“He had self-confidence, he managed with both legs, vision … He was a humble boy, who played with the ball in the street. It was his passion,” says the president.
Naughty and restless
“He was a very lively player. Never forget that we went one day to the
Benito Villamarn
the whole team by coach to watch a game of the
Betis
and I was behind him because he collected all the toilet paper rolls that were thrown on the field “, explains with a smile Batalla, who was a coach in his two years in
The Liara.
“When the first year finished, we played the tournament
Baseball players
, from which I came
Fati
, and won the trophy for the best player “, recalls
Antonio Valiente
, coordinator of the institution. He was already pointing out ways.
The environment, key
In the Andalusian entity they are aware that reaching
First
involves many more factors than having just one gift for the ball. Therefore, when speaking of
Gavi
they always have their parents in mind. They ran a restaurant business that many times, most of them, prevented them from being present in the midfielder’s football day-to-day.
We went to Villamarn and I was behind him because he collected all the rolls of toilet paper that were thrown into the field.
Battle
“His parents did not like football very much and they gave the child freedom. When he went out to the field he enjoyed it. The father was more of a guitar player. Also, his obligations did not allow him to come too much,” explains the coordinator. “The parents have sacrificed for him,” he admits.
Battle
.
Antonio Valiente
He still maintains contact with the player and with the environment. Without going any further,
Gavi
He returned to his origins in the summer of last year, when the entity opened the doors of the facilities for him to carry out the preparation. “He continues the same, with his jokes, his humility …”, he says.
His parents did not like football very much and gave the boy freedom; when I went to the field I enjoyed
Antonio Valiente
Hopeful
On
The Liara
the debut of
Gavi
with the block
Koeman
. They bet big on him and they hope he will be one of the surprises of the season in
The league
. So far, he has shown his credentials strongly. “We knew that this year he was going to debut. We hoped that it would be before 18. He has a gift,” he reiterates.
Battle
. And the medium is just 17 years old. Now the entity looks towards the Barça base football where it is
Galbarro
, also formed in
The Liara
.
“All dreams have a beginning … I’m overjoyed to start here.
Pablo Pez ‘Gavi
‘, with the first team of the
Barcelona
. congratulations
Pablo
, that day we saw you play the ball when you were 6 years old, we knew that something different and special was in you “, write
The Liara
as soon as the young player premiered in
First
. Maximum pride. And it is not ten years ago that the media left its first house behind, the
Marshes
, where they still keep many memories of him.
The day we saw you play the ball when you were 6 years old, we knew that something different and special was in you.
The Liara
When the pre-baby stage ended,
Gavi
he packed his bags to land at the green-and-white quarry. That little player came out of
The Liara
to continue growing and a few years later, the Barcelona elastic shines in
First
. But in the entity of
The Palaces and Villafranca
they can always boast of having been the first chapter of the midfielder’s football history. From
Marshes
to the
Camp Nou
.
A token for history
Manuel Batalla
was his coach in the two years he was in
The Liara
And, from the beginning, you saw that this child was going to stand out. So much so, that he told his daughter that he was going to keep the
Gavi
because it will come to
First
. It was the 2010-11 season and he didn’t have to wait long for time to prove him right.
.