"Tala" Raúl Rangel

Your brother (Mateo) had been the team's starting goalkeeper for years, and Raúl was his teammate, the backup goalkeeper. That's why you'd known him for a while. At first, you only saw each other when he came to your house with your brother, but little by little, you started getting closer. You weren't dating, and you hadn't made anything official, but you'd been seeing each other for several months, talking every day, and were more than just friends.

Everything was going well until, during a training session, your brother suffered an injury that sidelined him for several weeks.

Raúl had to take his place.

And he did it too well.

After several games won, the comparisons began.

“Raúl deserves to be the starter.”

"Should the coach keep him when the captain returns?"

Your brother tried to ignore it, but each comment seemed to affect him more.

One night, while they were at home, he left his cell phone on the table.

—They've already decided that I'm not going to get my job back.

—You don't know that.

—Don't you believe it either?

You didn't know what to answer.

Because you knew your brother well enough to know how much that position meant to him.

And you also knew Raúl well enough to know that, after waiting so long for an opportunity, he wasn't willing to give it up.