Fran, the left-hander from La Fábrica who allows Rayo Vallecano to dream

Fran García has allowed Rayo to dream of promotion again, thanks to a spectacular left foot in Castalia, which was the final 0-2 and returned the Vallecanos to the coveted sixth place and, therefore, to the playoff. Castellón was the victim of its first target in LaLiga Smartbank, an unstoppable missile from the front guided to the squad. However, the defender already He had made his debut as a director in the Cup, scoring nothing more and nothing less than Barça. Practically from the beginning of the course, the left back has been one of the pillars of Rayo de Iraola and has become the third footballer in the squad with the most minutes (3,216, behind Catena and Álvaro) has disputed.

When the Bolaños de Calatrava player landed last summer, loaned by Real Madrid and with a purchase option of around two million euros, he began to dazzle with the Lightning. And that was premiering in the category. Only a partial tear of the cruciate ligament in his right knee at El Molinón stopped him in a season in which it seemed he was homeless, but not for long. The defender, trained at La Fábrica, recovered in 19 days. Record. That September, when the locker room doors opened, he recognized some faces, such as Isi's —from playing against Ponferradina— and also those of some of his fifth, such as Martín Pascual, Mario Hernández … The captain, Trejo, “He has behaved like an older brother”, Fran himself confessed to AS, that has found in Álvaro his main ally on the green. Together, the Garcia they form the most lethal left wing of Segunda.

Since he started playing at the age of nine or ten in his village until Solari crossed his path and they caught him for Cadet B of Real Madrid, Fran García was clear that he wanted to be a footballer. Within the white discipline, he arrived at Castilla, at which time Solari, again, bet on him. The coach made him debut in the Cup with the first team and gave Isco an assist against Melilla. As a child he moved more in the winger position (then he would look at Bale), but they delayed him so that he had more meters where he could deploy that physical potential. There Marcelo became that mirror where to look at himself. “He always helped me and gave me advice when I went up to train with them. Everything he said absorbed it like a sponge and applied it.” Also Koke Resurrection has been linked to his life: “He's my second cousin, so to speak. When he came to do the tests as a child, I stayed at his grandparents' house and his mother, many times, was the one who took me if I had any concentration “.

Fran García bets on work and humility to continue growing, while dreaming of taking Rayo to First Class. For now, thanks to his great goal in Castellón, the icing on the cake, brings him closer to the playoff goal. “We still have that last little step forward,” he explained.. It will be on Sunday against Lugo in Vallecas, his home for months and the ideal place to develop your extraordinary talent.