They say that penalty shootouts are a coin toss. A lie. They are a mirror. And in the UEFA Youth League semifinal between Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, the mirror returned a clear image: the future of La Fabrica in goal has a name and surname: Javi Navarro. The goalkeeper, 19, has seen his trajectory skyrocket in the last year... to the point of becoming one of the big bets in Valdebebas to succeed in the first team.

And now, that constant fear that continues to invade the Madridistas about a future in which Courtois is no longer in goal... can begin to disappear, knowing that there is someone who is already building, stone by stone, a path to try to achieve something that seems impossible at Madrid.

Since Iker Casillas left Real Madrid, no goalkeeper from La Fabrica has managed to establish himself in the first team's goal. Many have served as the third-choice or second-choice goalkeeper, but none have become the number one. Agile in reflexes, he stands out for an imposing stature and a level of concentration that makes him unique. Javi Navarro has everything it takes to make it.

"I am willing to make a statue of Rudiger in my garden," Arbeloa said some time ago about the German center-back for everything he contributes day after day in Valdebebas... and on the pitch. Something that the Madrid Juvenil A should copy, but with Javi Navarro.

Not only for the three penalties he saved in the shootout to take Madrid to the final, but for the recital of saves that kept the team on its feet when it was about to kiss the canvas.

In the first, a foot that no one still understands how he managed to get out to stop a shot inside the area... and in the second, in the last minute of the match with the score 1-1, an action that defines him perfectly: speed to come out and block and to spread himself like no one else so that the opponent couldn't find a gap.

Liberto has the gift of always appearing in the most important moments. And that is something you are born with. To this, we must add the desire to never give up and to take advantage of every opportunity that football gives him, like no one else. That comes from family. His father is Pablo Navascues, 'El Huracan', a two-time Spanish middleweight champion.

Speed, arrival, technique, dribbling, good striking, and a winning character. This is his calling card. To which we must now add a goal, 20 minutes after coming onto the field, that sent the Juvenil A to the penalty shootout. He appeared inside the area, pounced on a rebound, and scored in the net.

Alvaro Lopez, Arbeloa's first assistant when he started at La Fabrica, has been walking alone and with a firm step for some time now. He is the coach of the moment at La Fabrica, with a youth team making history in a way rarely seen before. Now, Alvaro Lopez is one match away from sharing history with Raul and becoming his heir on the continental throne.

The Youth final awaits them... and they are not going to stop there. He has formed a team that believes in, trusts, and dreams of never stopping to fly. Bruges, the last stop of a dream that began a long time ago in Valdebebas. Or the first door to something bigger.

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