“You don’t travel alone, you have fans with you”

The expedition of Real Mallorca is in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to fight the Spanish Super Cupas a finalist in the last edition of the Copa del Rey. His rival, in one of the two semi-finals, was real Madrid (Thursday, January 9 at 8:00 pm).

Another semifinal will be played by FC Barcelona against Athletic Club de Bilbao, this Wednesday. The club released a promotional video which read: “You don’t travel alone, you have fans with you”where the players of Mallorca and the technical staff of Rojillo appear.

He Majorca dream of repeating the work which he achieved in 1998 – he won the title – by defeating the FC Barcelonaalthough he also remembers losing another one against Real Madrid in 2003. This was his third involvement.

The Mallorcan technical team, led by Jagoba Arrasate, was summoned 26 players that this Tuesday they flew from Palma de Mallorca to the Arab city, accompanied by a hundred fans there are scarves, caps and shirts from the Balearic club, as well as relatives of the players, club staff, sponsors, journalists and various authorities. Former players like it Francesc ‘Chichi’ Soler or Jovan Stankovicamong others, will also appear in the expedition.

To passengers, it is worth highlighting the presence of mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez, and the first deputy mayor, Javier Bonet, on behalf of the City Council; he Minister of Sports Pedro Bestard and the director of the island Toni Prats (former player of Real Mallorca and uncle of Abdón Prats) on behalf of the Consell, while the Government of the Balearic Islands will be represented by the Minister of Sports, Jaume Buzá and the general director of sports, Joan Antoni Ramonell.

Before the Air Europa Boeing 787 took off from Palma, the president of Mallorca Andy Kohlbergthe CEO of the Club’s Business, Alfonso Díaz and the general director of the transport company, Richard Clark have baptized the aircraft named ‘RCD Mallorca’.