Carlos Martin, Koke style

When the youth match between Atlético and Real Madrid finished, a red-and-white footballer went to the center of the Valdebebas field with a wrapped cloth in his hand. It was Carlos Martín (Madrid, 2002, 19 years old). And what he did did not take long to fill the networks with exclamations in red and white: lay that cloth, which was actually an Atleti flag, on the grass, as the Atleti captain did nine years ago, Koke, at the Santiago Bernabéu, after winning the Copa del Rey against Madrid (2013). That grass, conquered ground. Fernando Torres and Ricardo Ortega’s team had just beaten the whites in the round of 16 of the Youth League, the youth Champions, in a single match, against the current champion, Real Madrid. That was the photo. Carlos’s. Like Koke. It is one of his examples..

Because Carlos, a striker, already at Atlético B, is unot its footballers cradled in athletic sentiment. He does not play for that shield, he feels it skin. In the red and white quarry since 2008, the walls of his room are not painted, but photos, memories, flags, Atleti scarves. Everything that surrounds him, of a future great captain. His gesture, Koke’s. His words, Gabi’s (He always says: “I don’t want to be a First Division player, I want to be an Atleti player”). His representative, Antonio López.

quarry example

Carlos Martín made his debut this season, in an official match, with Cholo’s first team in the match against Osasuna, at the Metropolitano, first round of LaLiga. Fixed in the calls when the casualties drown, he is a talented footballer. “Humble, hard-working, very focused and very, very good people,” slip those who know him. And always available to the club. Go up, go down from the first team, train, play with Juvenil, with B, where it is most needed, always with the same involvement and professionalism. “Seek to improve every day.” And leave a mark wherever it goes. Like that flag, on the Valdebebas grass. There are many clubs, brides, who are already knocking on his door. But he, who ends his contract with the rojiblanco club in 2023, continues to think only of that. At Gabi’s. Triumph with Atleti. on track goes.