Unbeaten, undisputed leaders and a promotion in the pocket to 2nd RFEF without losing a game. L’Arandina has been the great dominator of the eighth group of 3rd RFEF, (Castile-and-Leon). Supporting the left side of the defense, and already definitively converted as a left back, he has completed a dream Haji Ceesay Hydara (Sant Martí de Llémena, 1998).
With the desire to one day play in a national category, from 3rd RFEF upwards, and after a step through Casa and the last farners from Primera Catalana, Haji Ceesay decided to pack his bags to fulfill a dream. In the province of Concaspecifically at Pedroñeras, the opportunity arose in 2019 to achieve one of the goals he was fighting for. The defender did not hesitate to pack his bags and try his luck for Spain. Constancy and hard work kept him in the category until Arandina claimed him for an ambitious project with promotion as a major challenge: “When I spoke to the coach and the president they already told me that the ‘main objective was to climb. At the beginning we thought from the play-off, but things started so well that after a few days it is already in our heads that we have to be first».
The good results allowed the group d‘Aranda de Duero have the first “match-ball” to advance to matchday 27 at a legendary stadium in Spanish football, the‘Helmantic of Salamanca. There would be no happy ending for either the team or Ceesay, who started that day, but that would end kicked out and shattered in the dressing room: “It was a whore. We were all going there to get promoted. I tried to separate some players who were facing each other, pushed one of them and ended up getting sent off. I was really pissed off in the dressing room, I just thought we shouldn’t lose because it would be my fault». Finally, a draw to one that kept them unbeaten, but did not decide the league.
The direct red prevented the English player from playing in the momentous confrontation against the second ranked in the league, lAtlético Astorga. With a luxurious atmosphere in the field, with almost 3,000 spectators, and despite being sanctioned, Haji is clear that with the final whistle and the victory (2-1) he fulfilled a dream. “It is unimaginable. Pure happiness. The dream you thought comes true. It’s inexplicable, I’ve never experienced a similar penalty.” With only one season signed, Haji has felt one more at Arandina and does not hide “the excitement to continue extending the dream” in 2a RFEF with the club At the moment, the focus is on being able to play the last league game and for the team to finish unbeaten. Discovering cities in the vast Castile and Leon, the possible return home, a Catalonia or in the regions of Girona, it seems improbable right now and at the same time inevitable in the future.