Imanol Alguacil He hoped he wouldn’t have to travel the entire preseason, but his joy was in a hole. The yen prevailed during the preparation period and Real will play a friendly match against Gamba Osaka next Thursday, July 25 (7:00 pm in Japan) at the Panasonic Suita Stadium in Suita, Osaka. So, as MD Gipuzkoa found out, Real was forced to suspend the friendly they planned to play two days later, on Saturday the 27th against Toulouse in Zubieta, the Txuri Urdin club first announced. The realistic coach does not like the change because it involves two full days of travel where the players cannot train, cannot rest, cannot be treated… And all this three weeks before the start of the league. At least it wasn’t last week, like last year’s American tour.
This is another commitment made to Yasuda, strategic partner and main sponsor of Real Sociedad since last year and will be part of the so-called ‘Real Sociedad Japan Tour 2024’, which Imanol is confident will not affect the preseason, but finally it has. The economy and the realists rule, with Take Kubo as flag bearers, they will travel to the Far East at the end of July, cutting their preseason in half.
It was Gamba Osaka who announced the contention of this match, revealing that they had been selling tickets for a month. La Real have yet to make it official, saying they still need authorization.
Celebrating the home preseason
The dispute between these friends operates against the will of Imanolwho, after the last game in the league, celebrated that the preseason took place completely at home: “The preseason is more than structured, in the absence of any contract for a game, but this is the typical preseason that I like, in Zubieta, that’s where we are the best. Olabe the games closed, but no tour.
Raw against the American tour
Imanol already expressed himself very harshly against the tour of the United States and Mexico in August of last year: “With a lot of resignation. I don’t like it at all. Once the decision is made, we have to think about the club and that’s what we’re going to do. It’s not the preseason that I like Holidays more than other years, we’re going to come ready for the start of the League, that’s for sure.”
Source: La Verdad
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