Left foot. Inside shoulder. Everybody knows. Nobody stops him.
Give him the touchline and a yard.
Next match · La Nacional 2026/27
Vallmar CF v CD Ribalta
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01 · The game
The full-back knows what is coming. Take it on the line, face him up, go inside onto the left. Then whip it. A wall at the end of his street taught him that before any coach did, and nobody has found the answer since.
The wall at the end of our street had one dead brick. Hit it clean and the whole street heard it.
Aranda
02 · The road
One road, one club: a wall in Palamar, the academy at eight, a debut at sixteen, a broken foot at seventeen, and a European Crown at nineteen.
Fifty-five thousand people and I could still hear my mother. Nine minutes into my first game, first touch, far corner.
03 · In numbers
La Nacional 2025/26, all competitions.
Last five, newest firstG goals · A assists.
04 · The night of the 2–1
The European Crown final, Stadio delle Torri, Rome, 2025.
Eighty-ninth minute. I came inside onto my left and heard nothing at all until it hit the net. Then I heard everything.
05 · Honours
La Nacional 2024 and 2025, and the European Crown to finish.
Five major honours · two La Nacional titles · the European Crown · 24 caps for Spain
05 · The season book
Every result, the numbers, the honours and the photographs of the season, with the places and the years. One PDF, every year.
Download the season book07 · Fan messages
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08 · Work with Nil
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06 · Between matches
Off the record.
Five frames from between the matches. @nilaranda11.