Alexis Ciria ‘falls in love’ with García Pimienta

11/22/2024

Updated at 7:31 p.m.

The quarry of Sevilla FC It has always been a factory of top footballers. The imminent retirement of Jesús Navas, the most important youth player in the history of the Utrera roadcoincides with a moment in which the first team needs to pull from its lower echelons to get out of the hole. Inventiveness and limited resources have led to players like Mateo Mejía, Idumbo, Ramón Martínez, Isra and Collado making their debut with the Sevilla team.

The technician Xavi García Pimienta He has extensive experience in getting the most out of young people. Not in vain, he has gone through practically all the ranks of La Masía. This made him a very attractive profile for the Seville regeneration projectwhich aims to sign young players and revalue them to obtain capital gains. A strategy that involves signing these footballers, but also detecting them within the house itself. It is the case of Alexis Ciria.

The center forward of Youth A García Pimienta is enthralled. This was confirmed in the press conference prior to the Rayo match this Friday: «Ciria has a special talent. He runs the ball differently, the way he moves… He’s cheeky but for the better. He doesn’t care if he has a player from the first team or the youth team in front of him. That self-confidence is special. “He is very young, he has to follow his process but we will take him into account for the first team.”

Some statements that set expectations very high for this forward, even more so, with the team’s current lack of goals. Ciria has been training this summer with the first team and, during the international breaks, he has also been under the orders of García Pimienta. At only 16 years old, has entered the dynamics of Sevilla Atléticowith whom he has already played five games and assisted a goal.