After each game of Rayados de Monterrey In the Club World Cup, Sergio Ramos He meets his routine. He is absent from training the rest of the group and does a specific job at the hotel or in the gym. At 39, there is no other way to endure the pace of minutes he has had in the tournament. He has played everything, bracelet in the arm, has scored a goal and has led the Mexican team to the round of 16, where this morning is measured with the Borussia Dortmund.
Their days away from the classmates could have disappointed the hundreds of Rayados fans who meet at the doors of the hotel and the facilities waiting to see a few seconds to the beds while going down or getting on the bus to ask for an autograph, but the Spanish central has been in charge of fulfilling the desire.
When he does not go to training, a Rayados employee is responsible for taking some shirts and posters, always with the name of the Sevillian, and approaches them to the defense to sign them, taking them back to the fans at the end. He is the most wanted player and the one who receives the most requests from autographs and interviews. A fever.
“I want to end up winning”
“Needless to say what Sergio represents for the club, for teammates, for fans and for the world of football,” he explained these days Lucas Ocampospartner in Monterrey.
On the grass, the one who was Captain of Real Madrid is showing his best version. He is the third most veteran footballer among all those who are still alive in the World Cup and does not want to talk about retreat. Ahead, alone Manuel NeuerBayern goalkeeper, and Luka Modrichis friend and former partner. “In my last years I want to end up winning,” he said a few days ago.
At the moment, he has achieved a triumph against Urawa Red Diamonds and two extraordinary draws against Inter and River. No one has been able to with scratches, where the Spanish Doménec Torrent He has created a defensive wall sustained by Ramos. The bed wins 2.7 aerial balls per game, the same figure as Dean Huijsen o Robin the Normandand perform two interceptions per encounter. In both sections it is within the top 15 of the World Cup.
“World Resonance Box”
Continuing with the data, according to the Whoscored statistical analysis platform, which takes into account different sections, Ramos is the second best defense of the tournament, only surpassed by Alexander Barbozaof the Botafogo. He keeps his card locker zero, he is the fifth World Cup player with more long passes made successfully and is also in the top 15 in clear balls.
“To be able to contribute with the best version in a World Cup with such an impact, with the largest teams in the world, it is a plus,” he said after sealing the pass to the eighth. “Signing Sergio has been a gift, generates a world resonance box and has an echo, both at the media level and in the field,” said Rayados president, Rayados, José Antonio Noriega.