Mariano is making history at Real Madrid

Mariano Diaz will live before him Athletic his last match as a player Real Madrid. Except for a radical turn in the plans of Charles Ancelotti, will do so without stepping on the grass during the match. It is possible that he is not even dressed, as has happened in recent games. Yesterday he trained with the team, but Ancelotti already said that he was not there to be a starter. He sounded like an understatement. It is the closure of a long stage in the White House of a forward with records that are historical, but on the negative side.

Mariano He has spent six seasons at Real Madrid, one when he jumped from the quarry to settle down and be a first-team player (2016-17) and the five that he has chained since Madrid decided to execute the purchase option in the summer of 2018 had with him Lyon before he went to Sevilla. The card you leave in the Madrid It is 84 games played (14 per season) and 12 goals (two on average, five of them in that distant 2016-17).

In the more than 120 years of life of the Real Madrid no similar case found. Hundreds of forwards have passed through the white club, but none had so many seasons to prove their worth when their performance was not up to expectations.

During this long journey in the Real Madrid, everything has happened to him. The collection of injuries Mariano is awesome. So much so that it would no longer be relevant that his name appear in the training information as a player who has not worked with the group: ankle, tonsillitis, coronavirus, hip problems, nasal fracture, sciatica, muscle and pelvic discomfort. ..

Something unique

When studying the forwards of the squads of the Madrid who lived in the shadow of great scorers, Benzema in the case of Mariano, nothing comparable appears. Sebastian Losada was the substitute for Hugo Sanchez three seasons, the first with santillana. He was always more of a protagonist and his 22 goals came in fewer games. His trainers (Beenhakker and Toshack) always knew they had him there if needed. And when she saw that she had no place in Madrid, she opted to leave to be important elsewhere (Espanyol). Mariano has decided to stay in Madrid despite the fact that teams have come for him (Rome, Eintrchat, Lightning or last summer a huge one from Saudi Arabia) despite knowing that it would always be a lion’s tail. Or even less.

At the end of the 70s, the Argentine Roberto Martinez was a substitute for santillana. Six seasons he was dressed in white, the first two as a starter. But in none of them did he play less than 20 games.

Under the powerful shadow of Di Stéfano the man from Orense lived first Wilson Alfredo Jones, who, by not playing, barely left after an almost blank season. He asked to leave shortly after arriving, but the coach, Ipiñahe said no, yes the arrow he was injured what was he going to do. English, as Di Stéfano called him, stayed and the following year he went to Zaragoza. And they went through the White House forwards and forwards, but none with this peculiar path that now culminatesMariano Diaz.

That is why the arrival of Joseludespite his 33 years, it seems clear that for Ancelotti will be a help that you have never found in a Mariano that no matter how much he has told him that he does not count on him, he has never wanted anything other than to fulfill the contract he signed. Although on that road he saw how the club ordered him to leave the 7 to take it Hazard.

Numbers against palmares

Of those 84 games in which Mariano He has participated with Madrid for a total of 2,217 minutes (26 per game), he has started 18 (three per season) and has scored a goal every 185 minutes. The latter, by far, the best data in an adventure that ends as it was supposed to, in the dark.

Yes indeed, Mariano leaves the Madrid with an impressive track record: two Champions Leagues, two Club World Cups, three European Super Cups, three Leagues, one Copa del Rey and two Spanish Super Cups. There are 13 titles, more than Puskas, Rial, Santamaría, Juanito, Velázquez, Juanito, Hugo Sánchez…