2023-07-13 04:15:00
Odyssey to start the tour. The start of Sporting’s “stage” in Mexico, with the presence of LA NUEVA ESPAÑA, will be difficult to forget after an exhausting opening day, and with the occasional bureaucratic unforeseen event that forced some retouching in the initial forecasts of the trip. Djuka had to stay in Madrid as he was unable to travel due to a visa problem. Today he is expected in Torreón. Bamba could not fly with the rest of his teammates either, getting “trapped” in Mexico City. The Mexican embassy and immigration gave their approval to the Frenchman’s trip, but upon arrival in Mexico City an official had not submitted one of the required documents. He had to stay in the Aztec capital accompanied by Mario Cotelo.
As an anecdote, they also stopped physiotherapy equipment in the Federal District, forcing it to go on the next flight. Gerardo Garcia, War, Solomonfor meetings in the Aztec capital, and the utilleros Jorge Luis y Paul Case They went on another flight to Torreón.
Virtually everything happened since the 51 members of the rojiblanca delegation (among 28 players, coaches and other “staff”) began on Tuesday the path to the origins of the Orlegi Group. This was how the more than twenty-four hectic hours were, in the arrival of the rojiblanco club to the Aztec country. To begin with, because the itinerary itself required a beating: the expedition left Mareo on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. after exercising in the morning, and did not arrive as far as the Real Inn hotel, in Torreón, until 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. More than a day on the road and plane. And, in between, a flight of almost eleven hours, a long layover in Mexico City, of another three, and another plane trip to Torreón of more than an hour, which also began thirty minutes late due to saturation in the airport of the Aztec capital, to everyone’s despair.
Alejandro Irarragorri led the first of the events planned for these days
The thermometer in Torreón exceeded thirty degrees throughout the day, bordering on 35, with a feeling of increasing oppression. And the day did not have a truce either there, on Mexican soil. Because when night fell in Spain, everything in Mexico picked up cruising speed, especially in such an important week for the Orlegi Group, which has moved its three clubs, and the bulk of its management teams, to the Santos Modelo Territory. It is evident that the tour is a very important matter for the group that presides Alejandro Irarragorriwho yesterday led the first of several events planned for these days.
The Sporting delegation began to live in Spanish times to end, with “two nights” in between, almost without sleep, arriving with their tongues hanging out at the macro-event organized by Orlegi Sports for the 40th anniversary of Santos Laguna. Players, coaches, managers… they were all exhausted late in the afternoon (Mexican time). The jet lag took its toll. Because the rojiblanco team reached terminal 1 of the Barajas Airport at 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday after arriving in Madrid by road. The flight to Mexico City took off at 00:30. Then, eleven hours of returns and stopovers. And, with the time change after spending the whole night flying, almost without sleep, he landed in the capital of Mexico at 4:00 in the morning. In Spain it was already daylight. And then the act. The trip, yes, showed that the group is cohesive. One of the positive aspects of the lack of signings. Miguel Angel Ramirez was seen at the Madrid airport with Rodrigo Errastihis trusted advisor after the carousel of emotions experienced in the last hours with the offer from Barcelona de Guayaquil. david guerra He would later join the delegation when passing through Madrid, where he has the family residence. Joaquin Alonso y Odin Vite they seemed the most adapted to the beating that was coming. One, because of his past as a beach soccer coach, which led him to travel to America on countless occasions; the other, because of his provenance.
And all with only one new face in the squad, the goalkeeper Ruben Yanezwho is integrated. Cali Izquierdoz He is acting as captain, being one of the most outstanding to facilitate the goalkeeper’s adaptation. There were no major splits in the squad during the journey; although the Sporting players lined up, logically, during the breaks due to complicity. Fran Villalba y nacho mendez they are inseparable. Jeraldino y Victor Campuzano they also spend many hours glued together. As Gaspar, Pablo Garcia y Guille Rosas, friends forever. Or the young people who come from the branch Diego Sanchez, Lozano y Enol Coto. Or the French-speaking colony, who are inseparable: Florentin Bloch, Yann Kembo, Axel Bamba, Leonel Michael… And on the flight, a moment for laughter, depending on the ranks.
“I can’t believe we’re all three together,” he hesitated. Zarfino seeing himself sitting with two of his “brothers” (Half Valentine y Otero) on the night flight between Madrid and Mexico. The Uruguayan, he touched the aisle seat. Pol Valentin, window. And Otero, in the middle. The three of them, despite the initial jokes, which predicted a long night, fell exhausted. In the early morning, in fact, dinner was served. “Meat or lettuce”, asked the hostesses. Almost no one knew anything. Many were already sold out.
The first section of a 21,791 kilometer route
Sporting completed the first part of a route yesterday that will take them to cover 21,791 kilometers in thirteen days. It is the distance added up by the two journeys by bus and the five flights that he will have to take during this Mexican tour that has just started in Torreón. The Gijón team will play the first friendlies of the preseason in Mexico. TPA will broadcast the match against Santos Laguna on Monday, July 17, at 11:45 a.m., and the match against Atlas, on Thursday, July 20, at 11:45 p.m. The Television of the Principality will offer two other duels of the rojiblanca preseason live: on July 29, at 6:00 p.m., Sporting-Burgos, and on August 4, at 8:00 p.m., Avilés-Sporting.
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