Peralada starts the preseason waiting for the official date of the League

Albert Carbó’s Peralada is already training again with renewed enthusiasm and energy. After passing the medical check-up, the team started the preseason before yesterday without still having the official start date of the League. “We are still blind, but we go with the mentality that the season starts on October 4 and we are preparing from the first minute to arrive with the maximum possible conditions on day 1,” says the coach.

Carbó had the 16 confirmed players in the squad and also called up the youngsters from the subsidiary Aleix Caball and Pau Téllez, who “will be in the dynamics of the first team”, and the youngsters Albert González, Biel Font and Carlos Martín. “It went really well. We started the preseason with the whole group, waiting for the latest additions to arrive. The players are very motivated and excited about this start “, he explains. On the other hand, the coach loses Toni Cunill and Albert Canal, who will not continue at the club.

To prevent coronavirus transmission, the champagners have been working on their own protocol until the Federation arrives: “From the board of directors an internal protocol was made that we follow strictly. We don’t use the locker rooms, we control the temperature, we wash our hands … We value health first and foremost and, in football, the most important thing is not to lose players. We have to look for the group ”. President Miquel Llobet also attended the start of the pre-season, who “thanked the continuity of the players and the coaching staff, welcomed the newcomers and made them aware that this is an atypical season, but that we face it with the utmost lusion. We will try to follow the line of last season “.

Those of Coal remained on the verge of participating in the play-off of promotion, after the competition was terminated and limited the promotion to the top four in each group. Peralada finished fifth with 46 points and the best score of the second round (21 points out of 24 possible). Taking his debut in the Third Division as a reference, the coach comments that “we will continue to work as we did last year with the hope of having a great season for the second year in a row”.

Banyoles is testing today

Pitu Batlle’s team will undergo a rapid serological test this afternoon and the closed season will begin tomorrow behind closed doors. Girona B has been training since last week, while Figueres has been divided into two physical work groups and will wait until Monday to train with the team in full.