Atlético is still very aware of the evolution of its loaned players. If Manu Sánchez lived his first ‘derby’ in the top flight against Real Madrid while he continues to add minutes and opportunities in Osasuna, Borja Garcés added as much more to his locker on his loan to Fuenlabrada.
The Melilla striker opened the scoring to defeat Cartagena 2-1 in a new goal from an area player, a battering ram always well placed that, despite the fact that the referee did not validate it in the first instance, the VAR corrected the play as it was not offside. And it is that Borja Garcés has adapted with dizzying speed to the category and to Fuenlabrada. In Atleti B I was barely counting on opportunities, scored two goals in seven games alternating the bench with the ownership, until in January make the determination to go out in search of challenges in a higher category, something that also happened with Germán Valera (transfer to Tenerife) or Sanabria (to Zaragoza).
Borja Garcés by season.
Besoccer
And from day one, Garcés has been important at Fuenlabrada. He made his debut with a goal in the Copa del Rey against Levante as I had already done when He made his debut with the Atlético first team marking Eibar in the League and it has been taking over the starting position by drilling rival networks. To the debut cupbearer has added four more goals in the league and nine consecutive starts in the team led by Otra. Borja is showing level and category to play in the Second Division and at 21 he is having the rebound in his career sought with the transfer.
A serious knee injury in March 2019 it took him off the pitch for eight months. In June 2020 he returned to suffer a joint injury that again upset their plans. But now he is in top form and he is having the prize for perseverance. The scorer's nose has always been there, since Borja Garcés has been an outstanding student of the Atlético Academy for years, with that light that he has shown in his debuts and that he is now maintaining with continuity in Fernando Torres, stadium in which he acts as a local under the name of his idol. All a reward for the player, who suffered so much during his injury, for Fuenlabrada who is squeezing him during his assignment and for Atlético who sees his forward grow based on goals.