Galicia, the capital of the naked

Galicia didn’t appear on the Spanish league goal map, but suddenly all eyes turned to this corner of the peninsula. “It shows that we have good quarries in the north,” Iago commented on Friday when asked about Joselu’s call.

Aspas, Joselu and Borja Iglesias are going on a representative break, and with two thirds of the season spent, like the best Spanish scorers, three with 12 goals, it is a fact that confirms that Galician football does not only produce goalkeepers or defenders, as it seemed in other times . That Aspas is no exception because in his time it could be interpreted with Luis Suárez or Amancia.

That three players from Galicia, all three with a past in A Madroa, are the top scorers is no coincidence. Three of them stepped onto the same fields during the training phase (Borja later), three had to emigrate, and only one of them returned home to stay.

It cost the three of them the recognition of Spanish football. The four of Zarra de Aspas seemed like an insignificant detail, the same as the goals of Silledian in teams that always had to suffer. However, they were all idols in their homes (natural or adopted) from day one. Joselu won over the Babazorra fans, Borja came out on the shoulders of Zaragoza and Espanyol and also earned a place in the heart of Verdiblanco, and Moañés is everything for Celta.

Now, finally, after years of ostracism that few could understand, recognition is coming. Aspas, Joselu and Borja will be in Las Rozas this morning. Because Galicia, like Norway, is also a country of attackers.