Ruben: "We are excited to play against one of the best in Mexico"

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Rubén Blanco, Celta goalkeeperinsisted on Tuesday that his team would take advantage of the internationalization they were looking for in the game friendly against Pumas UNAM They will play this Wednesday.

“We are excited to go and play with one of the best teams in Mexico, this is the first game we will play this season on this international tour and we will make the most of it,” the goalkeeper said. when you reach Mexico City.

Celta de Vigo will play a friendly match against the Pumas this Wednesday at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario, located in Mexico City at an altitude of 2,240 meters above sea level, rival the white I am confident this will be the start of a good season.

“We think it will be a good start to preparation for a very special championship for the team’s centenary. It’s a great pleasure to go to Mexico where we know the league is so intense, ”he added.

His partner, the Peruvian Renato Tapia highlighted the growth that the Mexican league has, which he described as very competitive.

“I know Mexican soccer very well, I have friends here, they told me that it is a very competitive league and that it has grown. We know the quality that Pumas has, so I think it will be a good show that we are going to offer “, said Tapia.

Celta’s rival, Pumas, is one of the most popular teams in Mexico; he has won seven leagues. That’s the club it came from Hugo Sanchez came outwho in the 1980s played for Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid and five times “Pichichi” in the Spanish league.

The feline team is also the only Mexican team to win the Santiago Bernabéu trophy, it did so in 2004; and now 2022 she will have the opportunity to dispute the Joan Gamper trophy against Barcelona.

Celta de Vigo was welcomed at Mexico City International Airport by more than 40 fans who wore the team’s light blue jerseys and sang songs accompanied by drums and bagpipes.

On their North American tour, Celta de Vigo, in addition to facing the Pumas, will face the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer in the United States on July 20th.

Source: La Verdad

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