What songs have accompanied Míchel’s Girona?

2023-05-26 20:00:18

GironaOn Sunday Montilivi will dance to the rhythm of The Tyets and their popular Coti x coti in the party organized by Girona, who will celebrate the stay after the match against Betis (7pm), with an eye on the rest of the day in case the combinations still allow him to reach Europe. But what is the music that Míchel’s team has been listening to throughout the course? What is your soundtrack? “We have some legendary songs, of course. They have become a ritual,” confesses Bruno Olivé, in charge and responsible for the audiovisual part of the white-and-reds and the musical part of the matx day. “There is a preliminary work, of cutting and editing songs, to prioritize their peak and that it lasts for a long time. We are not looking for the same thing when the footballers enter the field, prepare on the pitch, return to the dressing room or are about to start the game. Every moment calls for a different tone.”

When Girona goes out to warm up, and also when it withdraws from the warm-up, it sounds over the public address system Thunderstruck, by AC/DC, the Australian rock group born in 1973 and winner of several awards throughout their career. “It’s an issue cane, motivational A couple of years ago the players asked us for reggaeton, because the squad was very young and nowadays that’s what they listen to. But they don’t ask us for specific things,” says Olivé. Reggaeton is part of the list that is played during the warm-up, while Montilivi fills up with people. “During those twenty minutes, we mainly play current music. We don’t have an established plan, we hear what’s new. If Miki Núñez brings up a topic, we put it on. Things like that,” he adds.

Before the lineups are sung, a few minutes before the ball rolls, it rings Song 2, by Blur, the English rock group. And in the impasse that the stadium sings the anthem of Girona, you can also hear the melody of game of thrones, the famous series shot in the city. “This one can’t fail, eh,” says Olivé, who hastens to remember the mark left by Muniesa. “It was a show. He played music from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Mostly, alternative. Sometimes I heard something and I didn’t believe it was playing in the dressing room. He and Pere Pons also played Catalan music. Two real crackers, believe me “.

The song par excellence

In the Girona dressing room, however, there is a song that is considered its own and special. “She’s number one, without a doubt. And she has a reason to be, but Bernardo, the DJ in the dressing room, explains it best,” says Olivé. Let’s listen to the Colombian central, then. “I’ve been at the club for many years, and it was something that was born when I arrived. It’s part of me, I like to have music at home or in the car because it gives me joy and atmosphere. In the dressing room, nobody was in charge of this task and little by little I took it over. Now it’s common and they demand it; when we arrive, my colleagues already tell me that there is a lot of silence. I do it happily and I make everyone participate : I accept suggestions and try to put a little bit of everything, depending on the time of the week or the pre-game,” he reasons.

The song of the dressing room, because it is also the song of promotion to Primera last summer, is Freed from desire, by the Italian artist Gala. “It was spontaneous, because we had it on in the Ipurua dressing room when we came back to go to the final of the play-off. We all sang it, jumping and enjoying ourselves. He looked ready, but he wasn’t. And in Tenerife, in the warm-up, it sounded again over the public address system. We looked at each other and felt that we would go up. It was a sign and it is inexplicable. How could they put on the song that motivated us the most?” asks Bernardo, who has more than 500 songs in his dressing room playlist since 2017. “I have everything, Latin music, electronica… Until and all popular songs from Catalonia,” he clarifies. “It will always accompany us,” says Olivé, who will put it back on before the footballers take to the field this Sunday to say goodbye to the season at the stadium in the big party of the permanence .