Borja Mayoral is a hard-working striker against diabetes and record companies who want to go to the European Cup

The former Real Madrid striker’s goalscoring load, the team of his life – he scored against them in the first leg – and with whom he will be measured against this Thursday (21:00), This represents half of Getafe’s total this season. Raising two clubs that lead the table is not the same thing. Give peace of mind to the blue team who are currently in tenth place. And more importantly this season, he took on the responsibility of filling the goal gap left by the Turk. Enes Ünal, It reappeared seven months later on January 2 due to a ruptured cruciate ligament.

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“I have a national team dream. I have been asked a lot of things and of course I did. This has been a dream of mine for a long time and now I think I’m even closer to it.. “We’ve got to keep working hard, we’ve got to score goals, we’ve got to help the team and that’s definitely closer than further away,” he said after the Granada match, with a small mouth and a swollen chest, with two contrasting emotions. The former has been following him since he left Real Madrid’s youth academy. the second is the result of the season in which he will achieve his best score as a professional (one of 17 in his first year in Rome).

Currently, only one other former Real Madrid youth player, Morata, has better data than Mayoral. The player, who collected 19 goals compared to the 16 goals of Mayoral, who also scored twice in the first round of the cup, is ahead of Joselu, who completed the shortlist with 10 goals and a white background in which the team’s goals were dropped. Mayoral has played five fewer matches so far this season where he frees himself from all the ups and downs of the past.

During this process, he has surrounded himself with a team of physical trainers, physiotherapists or nutritionists who serve as support and reinforcement on his path to the elite. “I think Borja Mayoral’s personal and sporting development has increased exponentially. I understand that for people who don’t know him, this may surprise them, but Borja is very hungry to improve and become a world-class striker,” he told El. Periódico, from the Prensa Ibérica group from Spain, is his ‘coach’ Adrià Carmona, who also worked with Morata.

Living with diabetes and struggling with lack of opportunity

Mayoral has a special condition: Diabetes. He assures that this situation does not make him different from other athletes, but he needs to control himself and control his blood sugar before the game and training. Always carry a pen or feather to give yourself a shot and a tape to measure sugar. The disease was detected when he was four years old, when his parents noticed that he was drinking a lot of water and urinating a lot by going to the toilet; These two symptoms may herald early diagnosis.

Former Real Madrid teammate Nacho Fernández was revealed to have the same condition when he was warned to quit football at the age of 12. But they both had productive careers thanks to the care they always showed. Same way, They actively collaborate on different campaigns To raise awareness about diabetes. One of LaLiga’s top scorers turns this mockery on its head “What is valuable is valuable and what is not is for Getafe”He would belittle players who failed to make the first team despite their good performances in the ‘Factory’; This privilege belongs to a few people.

Even more special is the transfer made in a position as sensitive as the centre-forward. We just have to remember that after his loan to Wolfsburg fell through in 2017 when he was just underage, The Mayor was competing for the position with Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema. Between 2015 and 2016, When the transition between Rafa Benítez and Zinedine Zidane happens The white young player played for the first team on the bench for the first time.

His letter of introduction was second to none: he had scored 128 goals in the last three seasons at Valdebebas, he was an under-21 national player, and everyone who recruited him had highlighted his professionalism. But his progress was interrupted by another, Morata, who went to earn his living abroad; And Even Mariano Díaz, who itched for minutes after scoring against Castilla.

Transfer after transfer until you find your place

While Mayoral is going through a good period, Mariano, who is currently in Sevilla, admitted this week that he suffered a knee injury. “He won’t even let me train normally”. Two opposite situations, just like the roads of recent times. Because Parla’s forward never wanted to feel like zero on the left. He spent up to six seasons on loan as a Real Madrid player. The first, mentioned earlier, Wolfsburg (2016/2017). Then came two seasons I grew up (2018-2020), in one and a half years Rome (until January 2021); and another environment Getafe.

Mayoral scored 6 goals and made 1 assist in 18 matches in the last period of the 2021/2022 season. At the end of the season, Ángel Torres continued to sign, aware that he was not part of Ancelotti’s plans. Striker, for 10 million euros, The most expensive foundation in the history of the Southern Madrid club. However, the Madrid striker’s need for goals and nomadic spirit were about to cause him to change his target at the end of last season. After closing the gap with its manager, Getafe came to Valencia or Serie A teams..

Likewise, improved relations with Bordalás also helped, but the increased price due to Mayoral’s playing season once again placed him on the target list of many Premier clubs, including Arsenal, as the winter market opened. However, the parties are closed to each other. HE Getafe thinks that the Mayor’s Office, which has a contract until 2027, is important for its high target He has to apply for European positions and the player himself knows that changing his destination now will force him to readjust.

Mayor, Greenwood and “It’s Football, Dad”

“The keys to the Mayor’s Office are many, but ultimately it is a ‘mix’ of everything. It is complex to know for sure what has brought it to its current performance, but what stands out is his desire to continue polishing the details day by day,” explains Adrià Carmona. The ‘coach’, who is a professional football player, says the following about the different contract situations he has experienced: “It is important whether it hinders the performance of that professional or whether it is rented or not. However, the goal of a real estate agent is not much different.”

But Mayoral does not want to lose in any way The train that will take you to the European Championships in Germany. This includes continuing to reap the benefits of the superb partnership with Mason Greenwood at Getafe, another major breakthrough in LaLiga. Getafe took advantage of the plight of the former England international, who was sidelined by Manchester United over a sexual assault case and from which he eventually defected. Despite the inactivity, which reduced its market value from 50 million to literally zero.The winger knows how to adapt to the competition, the club and his teammates.

Greenwood has six goals and four assists so far this season. He is definitely a different player in a team like Getafe. LaLiga club needing the fewest passes to get a shot on goal (54) and this turned the Colosseum into a real castle. They have not been defeated at home since April 2023 and they aim to continue this winning streak against Real Madrid this Thursday.

Away he ‘digned’ points in areas as complex as the Metropolitano (with a double from the Mayoral to be exact). In fact, this prevented Simeone’s team from surpassing the record of 20 consecutive home wins; this series had started after another draw against Getafe. Mayoral and Greenwood are the two lines of thought of the country. “It’s football, dad.”. It is a phrase claimed by Bordalás and a club where those who managed to explode, like the Madrid player, turned into real references.