The children of ‘El Nino’

Fernando Torres continues to make history at Atleti. The Boy who perched the rojiblanco club on his shoulders in his darkest years has done it again. Then on the pitch, now from the bench. The Juvenile he coaches, along with Ricardo Ortega, has qualified for the Youth League quarterfinals for the second time in history. It had to be Torres, so used to that, to make history. In his second year on the bench. And the first, the past, was practice. It was in September 2020 when El Niño returned to the club of his life to take the coaching course at Cadet A. A year and a half later it is history. He already does it, as he was used to. There are men who are born for that. To always leave your name in big letters, whatever you do, from where.

His Juvenil A, leader of his group in Group 5 of the Division of Honor, eliminated Real Madrid, current champion, on his way to the youth Champions. It was tonight in Valdebebas, with an electric match with a name of its own, that of Barrios, author of two of the three goals for the rojiblancos (2-3), two great goals. But it is not the only proper name of this team. From the goal, with Iturbe, who entered the squad for the rojiblanco team this season at Anfield and who is known as ‘the Oblak of the quarry’, Carlos Martín, who has already debuted this season with Simeone (against Osasuna, in the first round, at the Metropolitan) going through Ibra or Barrios himself.

Torres continues to make history

Torres and Ortega have a very balanced team with many names of their own, which point The central, Navarro, captain. Midfielders Gismera and Curras. Or Salim, who can play both on the wing and in the center of attack and who is being one of thee the great sensations of Atlético in this Youth League, due to their dribbling and electricity. Many wickers for a team that will face Dortmund in the quarterfinals and in which Torres already does what he announced that he wanted in his farewell. “I will return to the position where I can help Atlético.” Return to add, not to appear. Return for nights like this one, Valdebebas, with its Youth. Ahead in the Youth, eliminating the defending champion, Real Madrid. The time that the rojiblancos went the furthest in this competition created in 2013-14, was in 2014-15, with Armando de la Morena. To rooms too. But there they stayed. Eliminated by champion Chelsea. And with a team full of names. Fights Hernández, Theo, Amat, Tete Morente… These are grabbed by the one who always takes history by the hand. Fernando TorresSanz. The children of The boy.