Ornella Bankolé, the latest signing from Uni, has been in Girona since this afternoon waiting to do the first training today under the orders of Bernat Canut and make her debut on Sunday against Èric Surís’ Jairis in Fontajau . The French winger met the team, which was returning from Salamanca on a flight from Valladolid, at El Prat airport, and has already completed the journey to their new city with the expedition. He has obviously discovered a dressing room very affected by the serious injury that captain María Araújo may suffer, which with half a minute left in the match in Salamanca, and in a fortuitous action, he hurt the knee that he had already torn two seasons ago. Tomorrow he will undergo tests to determine the extent of the ailment, and although the feelings are that he could avoid the most serious diagnosis, it seems clear that he has said goodbye to the season.
“We are very touched”. Since Wednesday night, it has been the most repeated phrase around Spar Girona, after the blow that has represented the addition of the captain’s injury to the long-term ones of Etxarri and Galve, and that of Drammeh, who is also on leave. Now it’s time to restore the spirits of the dressing room and it is expected that the arrival of Bankolé, an ambitious bet, have a revitalizing effect. Meanwhile, the club has already begun combing the market to evaluate strengthening. When the signing of the French winger from Bourges l’Uni was announced on Tuesday he already warned that he did not give the template as closed yet. However, with the market closed, the only recourse to incorporate players is for them to play in the Women’s League and be Spanish, due to a question of quotas. And for now, with most teams playing very high or low, and moreover, with a Uni Girona very economically conditioned, it will not be easy at all to achieve it.
For now the first big goal now it’s the Queen’s Cup, which will be played at the end of the month in Zaragoza and where Uni will play against Gernika in the quarterfinals. Then in fifteen days the regular league will end and the play-offs will begin. But that will be another dance.