Portugal’s old trick to beat Spain at all costs in the RE Super Cup | Relief

This Sunday last day of the European Franchise League, RE Super Cupconcluding a competition in which Spain will be represented by a new team from the Royal Spanish Rugby Federation (RFER), Iberians CYL.

Group led by Juan Carlos Perez and Ricardo Martinena. finished in last position in Group A, counting all of his games as losses – against Georgia and Portugal – four rounds were played in total. Despite the result The Spanish team left a good impression in the match against two squads built with completely different goals. Iberians.

The goal is youth and providing quality minutes to players who can lead Spanish rugby in the near future. Away from this new team, managed by Ferraz (RFER headquarters), which trains and plays on the Castilian-Leonese fields.

For their part, teams such as Lusitanos or Black Lion, the opponents of the Spaniards in this edition, They have a much more competitive gene and they have much more experienced players. and even international ones with senior teams from their country.

This is where the deception and trap of the Portuguese towards RFER occurred. all last week leading up to game day.

Agreement between the federations and the Portuguese deception

Last Monday, October 14th, from official website of the Iberians, a call to the Spanish national team has been announced They will play the match against the Portuguese this Sunday at 12:00 at the Bienvenido Nieto Stadium in Burgos, where the agreement between both federations was announced.

Here’s what the official statement said:

The Spanish and Portuguese federations have reached an agreement that the squads for this final match will consist of a majority of M-20 players and that this will also help both countries continue to provide quality minutes to their young players. ..

Four days later Juan Carlos Perez announces 23 players who will be the main heroes of the match against Lusitanos. Out of 23, Only five players were born before 2004. (Guillermo Boland, Manuel Alonso-Villalobos, Alejandro Sanchez, Rodrigo Serrano and Pablo Gonzalez they are all M23). On the same day, an official statement once again insisted that both federations agree that both teams should be composed of under-20 players.

The team under the leadership of Juan Carlos Perez has undergone many changes, given the agreement between the Spanish and Portuguese federations that in this latest match the teams will consist of M20 and M23 players..

The surprise will come on Friday when the Portuguese team release their 23-man squad for the match. Up to six France 2023 World Cup players from Os Lobos, including their captain Thomas Appleton!

In the match young Iberians opposed the Portuguese veterans According to the official statement of the Spanish team:

In the second half, the experience of the Lusitanos took its toll on the youth of the Spanish team, which saw the game slip away in the final minutes, with the final score being 12-21.

Despite the defeat, the Spanish team left behind a very good image. (as happened in Georgia the day before) and The Portuguese, although victorious, were left with an exposed deception.after failing to comply with an agreement that RFER revoked during all the previous days that existed between them.

Here The developing Spanish team continues to adhere to its philosophy of developing young talent. leaving aside the ambitions of winning the title of this European league, working on developing the player from below.