Fernando Pacheco will continue to reign in the Alavés goal. The goalkeeper from Badajoz was one of the best of the season and there was even speculation about the possibility that Luis Enrique would summon him for an international commitment and even for the European Championship.. But the coach looks the other way and Pacheco's merits seem to go unnoticed. Formed in the Real Madrid quarry, he will debut this year, precisely, against the whites on Saturday, August 14 at 10:00 p.m. in Mendizorroza. Also interested in his day to Real Sociedad, rival this Saturday in a friendly that will be played at the Reale Arena. Now, after the departure of Manu García from the team, he is, together with Víctor Laguardia, the captain of the slobbering ship. He has command in place.
If the one from Badajoz is not injured or is sanctioned, Antonio Sivera has it complicated. He arrived from Valencia with the safe conduct of being an Under-21 international with Luis de la Fuente. But he found a high-level goalkeeper ahead and has hardly had a leading role. Two winters ago, he renewed with Alavés in exchange for a loan to Almería. The plan did not go well either, the Andalusians did not go up to First and returned to watch the games from the bench. Now he has a fever because the albiazul team was vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday and it seems to have taken effect. Things do not work out for him but he faces it with sportsmanship and without saying a word louder than another. He is a great professional who still has a huge future.
Jesús Owono will be the third goalkeeper this year. He is international with Equatorial Guinea and has qualified his country to play the Africa Cup. He has been growing in various categories of the Alavés quarry and last year he played with San Ignacio de Tercera, an agreed club in which many Albiazul players are fired. That irruption closes the doors to Aritz Castro, a player who has belonged to all levels of the Albiazul Academy and has even been close to making his debut in earnest with the first team. Now it has no place and has been loaned to Arenas de Getxo, which is in the Second Federation. The descent of the subsidiary to the fifth category of Spanish football has complicated things a lot in general because there are players who are not going to play that league and who are looking for loans or transfers in other clubs.