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Off-the-radar: The late bloomer - Cartagena's Mariano Sánchez

In light of Barcelona B's promotion playoff game against Cartagena, this is the story of one of its legends.

"In an emergency situation, I will be the first in line to help Cartagena. That's very clear"

It's funny to think that things could've been so different.

A Pinatar CF youth graduate, Sánchez rejected an offer to play youth football for Real Murcia when he was 18, after deciding to move to Madrid to study architecture. The possibility arose of him entering the Juvenil team of Real Madrid but, after three weeks, chose to leave it to be able to focus on its studies.