Sara Roces he parks his car in the Mareo parking lot. Arrive on time for the appointment. He takes with him his stick, his Telecable Gijón shirt and a surprise. In the facilities awaits a smiling Uros Djurdjevic. “Here, Djuka, this gift is for you. There are 3 tickets for the Final Four of the European Cup, which takes place next week in Gijón. That way, if you want, you can go with your family”, says the Telecable player to the Sporting footballer. “Thank you very much!”, answers the red-and-white striker as he puts the tickets in his jacket pocket. Thus, with LA NUEVA ESPAÑA as a witness, the meeting held yesterday at the Mareo facilities between the two great offensive leaders of two sports entities that are benchmarks for the city begins.
The date is very special. Because Telecable, the most successful sports club in Asturias, is at home to win its sixth European crown. And because two great references of sport from Gijón come together. “And when do you play?” asks Djurdjevic curiously. “We start on Saturday with the semifinals, but if all goes well, which we all hope so, we will play the grand final on Sunday, at the Palacio de los Deportes, at 6:30 p.m. I think you play against Ibiza at 4:00 p.m. And then, if you want, you can come. We would like as many people as possible to come”, remarks Sara. And if Telecable beats Cerdanyola, in just four hours two very important matches could be played for Gijón so, in their different measures, they play each other.
Attentive and polite, the Sporting striker is interested in all the achievements and successes that Telecable has achieved over the years. Sara adopts a more protagonist plane. She explains to him that before they have already won five European Cups and that now they can win the sixth, she is also very special for the fact that she plays in Gijón. The feat of the roller hockey club impacts Djuka, very involved and close, interested in knowing more about the achievements of a team that represents the city in the same way as they do.
“I am sure that you are going to win the European Cup. I wish you the best of luck,” she notes. Later, he tells how his wife (Miljana) also likes to skate, and that she does it whenever she can, through the streets of the city. He admits the Telecable player that she is “very sporting”, that she started in the sport playing soccer as a striker and that she is especially excited to see faces with Djuka because, in a way, she sees herself reflected in him. I’m glad to see you. We are both sporting references and the meeting is a way to show all the power that two of the best teams in Gijón have in attack”. Sporting’s 9 grabs the stick. Telecable’s 9 catches the ball. They imitate a blow with the hockey stick to the soccer ball. And they continue to speak with absolute complicity. They do it, of course, about scoring goals. That common obsession between the two athletes.
“For me scoring goals comes almost naturally,” says Sara. “Sure. I think the same. Because since I was little I always played as a striker; I never imagined myself as a goalkeeper or as a center back. I play to win and score goals. Football is played to score”, confesses Djuka with a smile. She smiles knowingly. It is not the only point in common between these two giants of sport from Gijón. Because both share the same way of expressing themselves on the pitch. “I like the competitive nature and spirit that you have,” Sara explains. The claw, the faith, the desire to win, are virtues that also define the personality of this very young athlete, 20 years old. “When I play tennis I like to score a lot of points; when I play basketball I want to shoot a lot of baskets; when I play soccer I score goals; and when I play hockey I also have that same goal, to score to win”, concludes Roces.
Double day before the European appointment
The Telecable Gijón has a double commitment this weekend. Today he receives at 19:15 the leader Vila-Sana in a match with the added attraction of the return 8 years after Luchi Agudo to Mata Jove. Tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. he will play again, this time against Voltregá in a match that was postponed for the day. If the two games were won, the women from Gijon would reach the first position. New schedule of the Final Four. On the other hand, the World Skate Europe has forced to change the schedule of the semifinals of the Final Four. Benfica and Palau i Plegamans will play at 4:30 p.m. on the 30th and Telecable Gijón and Cerdanyola will do so at 7:30 p.m. The final, on Sunday 1 at 6:00 p.m.
