Who is Bryan Zaragoza, the Granada devil who has embittered Barça?

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It took 17 seconds to beat Ter Stegen and repeated the target 28 minutes after humiliate Koundé, the French center that suffered the mischief from one end who had already shown signs of his talent at the start of the League. This Sunday he revealed himself in a big way before the Barça. He was even on the verge of scoring the third, but hit the post in the 88th minute before being chosen as the MVP of the game.

“I am a neighborhood player, I’m not surprised by my second goal with him abroad. If I hit him with my left Ter Stegen I would have taken it as if it were a shot from a baby“Bryan said at the end of the game with the same ease he exhibits on the grass. “I I was born like this, my style is like this, playing face to face,” he confirmed.

The skilled man from Malaga, who He is 1.64 and 22 years old, grew up watching dribbles Neymar, one of his idols. His football is very similar to that of the Brazilian star, always cheeky and willing to do anything to dismantle the opponent, a style of play that, unfortunately, is seen less and less frequently in stadiums.

From Second B to the elite

Bryan Zaragoza’s leap has been notable. In a short time he has passed from the catacombs of football to the elite. “Six months ago I played in Second B and now I live this with the team that gave me the opportunity, that He signed me in the youth team of a neighborhood team“said the striker in May after achieving promotion with a Granada team that was Second Division champion.

Last year he already stood out as one of the most disruptive players in the silver category, but the focus was more on the scorer Uzuni. The previous course was in Recreational Granada, of the Second Federation, which he arrived from Ejido. In his first steps, he played in the CD Tiro Pigeon and the CD Conejito de Málaga School.

“Bryan is a talent that you don’t see every day, but you have to work on it. You have to demand and pamper him”

Paco Lopez

Granada coach

“Messi, my reference”

Now add five goals in the League. They beat Mallorca, Real Sociedad and Almería before the double this Sunday against Barça, But what most characterizes the Andalusian is his dribbling skills and his change of pace. “My reference in the world of football is Leo Messi… although when it comes to playing I look at Neymar,” he noted in 2020, when he was at the Ejido.

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“It’s a boy who is growing, He has a lot of talent, we have to take care of him. The excessive praise they weaken, even if they are deserved. It is a talent that is not seen every day, but you have to work for it. You have to demand and pamper him,” said his coach Paco López.

Bryan Zaragoza is currently the best dribbler in the league with thirty dribbles completed successfully, which also places him on the podium of the major European leagues, only surpassed by Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) and Leroy Sane (Bayern). The Spanish winger has a contract until 2027 and a termination clause of 14 million.



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