Name Infante sudden fame in the arena of football along with the rise of Mirandes, a giant killer little man team in the Copa del Rey, which he defended.
Three-level club status in Spain, Mirandes already put down Villarreal, Racing Santander and Espanyol, who on paper have more quality. In the last four this time, Mirandes are faced with Athletic Bilbao and even became the only non-Primera Liga clubs - two other clubs are Barcelona and Valencia.
Mirandes Cinderela story was not separated from the action packed Infante who had seven goals so far. Male 31 years it became a temporary topskorer.
Judging by the players in the remaining four clubs, the new Infante closest pursuers make just three goals. While the two La Liga's best players, Ronaldo and Messi, each recorded three and two goals - Ronaldo no longer able to add a goal for his team, Real Madrid has been eliminated.
At the beginning of this season, probably not many who ngeh with Infante's name. But he was immediately to be the talk after ensuring Mirandes to the dramatic semi-final thanks to goals from which he printed in the minutes of injury time goal against Espanyol last week.
Infante scored a tumult that greeted supporters at the stadium Mirandes Miranda de Ebro with a capacity of 6000 spectators. He also carried and hailed like a hero.
Only a few hours later Infante was back to his routine. Yes, football is not the main profession, because the day-to-day he works as a bank manager.
Fatigue that was certainly not discourage it still lashed to his activities in the bank. But upon arrival at the job site, he decided to see something different. There he was immediately greeted by television cameras and a crowd of media crews.
"I'm here seven hours per day, (of time) 8 to 15.00. New in the afternoon I was diving the other profession," said Infante told a local newspaper Deia quoted by Reuters.
Trying to remain humble, Infante would not dazzled by the sudden spotlight on him. He wants to stay planted on the earth as he asserts that what has been achieved Mirandes this season thanks to his hard work is not alone.
"The attention the media is the fruit of the hard work of all parties at the club. Maybe I got the biggest spotlight, but I accept it with the others, ie, with calm," said the bald-headed man.
Still humble, Infante was being realistic with his team a chance against Bilbao in the semifinals, the first leg of his will be held on Wednesday (01/02/2012) pm dawn. Bilbao, the Spanish national team has two players who participated in the 2010 World Cup, Fernando Llorente and Javi Martinez, still he called highly favored over Mirandes.
"We know their favorite. I would say they have a chance to win 99 percent and 1 percent for us, but we have hope and enthusiasm, and would not give up easily," said Infante.
With an operating budget almost 60 times smaller than Bilbao - Mirandes budget of 1.2 million euros, while Bilbao has a budget of about 60 million euros - Mirandes was very little man in the face of Bilbao.
Whether it's the little man will be able to topple a giant again to reach the top of the party. But whatever the outcome, Infante cs certainly have to make 40 thousand people are proud residents of the city of Miranda de Ebro is so spot Mirandes headquartered.
Copa del Rey semi-final fixtures:
Leg I
Wednesday (1 / 2) pm dawn
Athletic Bilbao vs Mirandes
Thursday (2 / 2) pm dawn
Valencia vs Barcelona
Leg II
Wednesday (8 / 2) pm dawn
Athletic Bilbao vs Mirandes
Thursday (9 / 2) pm dawn
Barcelona vs Valencia
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