RFEF assures that there is no conflict | Relief
The national team is counting down the clock until its Olympic debut. At the logistical level, all the secrets of the route to Paris are already known. At the sporting level, two questions remain to be revealed: who the four eliminated players will be and which players will travel to the event as reserve players.
Coming back to the first, the day before the preliminary list of the tournament, the RFEF announced its plans. International competitions will take place on June 30. However, The planning will deprive us of the traditional image of players arriving in the football city of Las Rozas. Remember last year, before the World Cup, Alexia with her hair newly dyed pink.
Why Los Angeles de San Rafael?
Because? Because the national team will begin its journey to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles de San Rafael. Yes, where Atlético Madrid traditionally trains in pre-season. And the shadow of suspicion that always haunts RFEF -despite all precedents- forced to be on guard. On the same day, the U-21 national team (which will also go to the Olympic Games) will begin their training camp the next day: Monday, July 1… at the Ciudad del Futbol in Las Rozas. Santi Denia’s men will remain there for the next two weeks until they travel to Bordeaux to play a friendly before their Olympic debut on the 17th.
But let’s move on to the key week: from June 30 to July 5. Because both teams will be the same in their preparation for the Olympic competition. But some will move far from Las Rozas, 36 minutes from there and an hour from Madrid, while others will remain in the City of Football. And the world champions will travel for the first five days.
Agreed decision
Federation sources consulted by Relevaux insist the decision is a “consensus” one between the two teams. ANDDepartment of Women’s Football, the head of which is This is Markel Zubizarreta.considered it appropriate to begin the concentration in Los Angeles de San Rafael, having previously studied other options. It is worth remembering that last year, in preparation for the World Cup, the teams went to Benidorm, where the Meliá Villaitana Hotel was their headquarters for the first week. Now they will go closer and to a cooler place.
In addition, RFEF pays special attention “there is no conflict to differentiate why some are here and others are here” and they repeat that the decision has received the approval of both parties.
What will happen on July 5th? Montse Thome will rest his players until Monday 8 July. And this will happen when they return to their usual training ground: the Las Rozas football stadium, where the U-21 team will remain. It is not yet entirely clear which team will stay at the residence and which will go to a nearby hotel. But both will train at the RFEF headquarters. The federal subject assures that, despite the fact that both teams are Olympic, They will be the priority, being an absolute category.
With Spain set to play their final two matches to qualify for the next EuroCup, the world champions will travel to the Czech Republic on July 10 to face each other. Czechs July 12 (18:00). After this they will return to Madrid to travel again to La Coruña on July 14th. In Riazor they will play with Belgium (19:00), at the last meeting before the Olympic Games.
After the match with the Belgian national team, Monse Thomé will announce the final list of Olympic competitions: 18+4. And only on July 21, the national team players will go to France, to Nantes, to make their debut.