La Real will face Jove Español, an Alicante team from the Tercera RFEF, on Thursday. For the players of Txuri Urdin, it is a priori just a procedure, but for the players of Jove the countdown begins for the match that they will remember for the rest of their lives.
The Alicante team could not be promoted to the Second RFEF, after falling on penalties in the promotion playoffs. But now the team will compete in the Copa del Rey against a Primera, taking it as a reward for last year’s great season. They are currently not going through a good losing streak in the League, but Jove Español will experience Thursday’s game as a party, without the pressure of having to win; just enjoy.
Josip Visnjic He is the current coach of Jove. He signed last summer and will now witness one of the club’s most historic matches: “For us it’s a great excitement and we really want to face a team as important as Real,” he told MD.
The Serbian, former elite footballer, already knows what it is to lose to the team of Txuri Urdin, who won three times in the seven games he played against Real, once with Partizán in Atotxa and two more with Rayo Vallecano, with objective included in one. to them. Visnjic He doesn’t want to weigh in on the matter, saying that now the stars are his players: “I can only convey to you a little. Just enjoy. Let them see up close what the players who compete in international football is like,” he commented.
One of the players is Alex Perezcaptain of Jove Español. Like all his classmates, he has to combine football with work, in his case as a third-grade tutor: “In the morning I will be a teacher and in the afternoon I will play against Real”, he says, still not believe what he will experience.
The captain joked about his students, who kept asking him for their team shirts. Zubimendi and Oyarzabal: “The other players didn’t ask for me,” but Pérez was clear about who was going after the match: “For me, Oyarzabal He is an idol, and different and I like his shirt, so as soon as I see Michael I throw myself around his neck and ask. “I eat it with potatoes,” he replied with a laugh.
In town, no one wants to miss the historic day. Alex Perez He declared that he had bought 60 tickets and was going for 20 more. In that aspect, they are happy to play it with Rico Pérez, although it will work against them, as confirmed Visnjic: “The stadium is quite big, and we usually play on artificial grass. Our legs will weigh us down around minute 60-70,” added the coach.
The evening will be special, as there will also be some reunions. Visnjic will face the banks again Imanolhaving done it before with Toledo and Fuenlabrada in the Sanse del Oriotarra phase. In its part, Perez will meet with braisewith whom he lives in the quarry of Villarreal: “He is in Preschool A and I am in Preschool B. In addition, he lives in the next room,” he commented. The contact for the t-shirt collection will be good for him: “I will tell him to take me as much as he can, in addition to himself, of course,” he assured.
Source: La Verdad
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