“Big dreams never die.” Sporting kicked off the pre-season yesterday in Mareo amid the tifo motto displayed by the components of the red-and-white animation stands on a morning with around 400 fans in field number 2. In front of the changing rooms, David Guerra, executive director, followed by The first rehearsal closes with Gerardo García, sports manager, Joaquín Alonso, institutional relations, and Odín Vite, director of the Department of Sciences Applied to Sports. Zarfino, Otero and Insua, the three reinforcements signed to date, made their debut on the pitch and Djuka wasted little time in taking center stage. Sportinguismo acclaimed him asking for his continuity during a session marked by the intensity imposed by Abelardo. “Squeeze, squeeze”, Pitu demanded in each action. “I don’t want to see anyone standing,” he stressed.
“Djuka, don’t go,” was heard, on several occasions, as the team began their warm-up by running around the field. Before, the players jumped onto the grass through a long corridor made up of the hundred students who are participating in the Mareo Campus these days. “Put them all in plan,” others asked the Montenegrin, knowing the temperament and intensity that characterize his football. A way of understanding football that seems to be shared by one of the reinforcements, Gio Zarfino.
The Uruguayan also had a good mass bath, sharing with Djuka the approach to the public at the end of the session to respond to requests for autographs and photographs. Before, during the time of exercises with the ball and rounds, more evidence that he does not give up a ball for lost. “This Uruguayan is going to full,” said those who followed the evolution of the day at the foot of the fence. Juan Otero and Pablo Insua, the other two signings, also seemed to pass the first test of a sportingism that withstood the hot morning looking for shade among the vegetation that surrounds field 2 of the red and white facilities.
In times of so many changes, the coaching staff also staged the renewal of Abelardo’s squires. Juan Pablo, the new goalkeeping coach, and José Antonio Morga, the new physical trainer, made their debut in the position with the latter making the protagonists sweat profusely. Among those who suffered the most, one of the young men, Fernando Somolinos. Along with him, four other players who made the leap from the reserve team: Jordi Pola, Enol Coto, David Argüelles and Queipo.
The start of the training sessions summoned the 23 footballers planned and meant the return home of those on loan Manu García and Christian Joel. The latter, with double celebration. To the return we had to add the fact of celebrating his 23rd birthday. While the rojiblanco directors contemplated the rehearsal at the mouth of the access to field number 2, another of the new faces of the rojiblanco organization chart opted for a more discreet place. This was the case of Pedro Menéndez, the new recruitment manager, stationed next to the access door of the technicians’ locker room. The team returns to training today, starting at 10:30 am, in Mareo. The club intends to incorporate Pol Valentín as soon as possible, who arrives to reinforce the right-hand side. The players who participated in the first session were: Mariño, Cuéllar, Christian Joel, Guille Rosas, Djuka, Manu García, Villalba, Insua, Enol Coto, Argüelles, Aitor, Campuzano, Jordi Pola, Somolinos, Otero, Pedro Díaz, Zarfino, Gaspar, Christian Rivera, Gragera, Nacho Méndez, Queipo and Pablo García.
