Activity in Montilivi has been reduced to minimal expression since the victory in Quintanar del Rey which confirmed Girona’s qualification for the second round of the Cup on the 13th. The players of the first team have been on holiday since then and only the squad keeps the movement alive. In this sense, Míchel’s men are already in the final stretch of the fifteen days of rest that the coach gave them and which ends on Monday. On Tuesday, the 29th, the team will return to work at La Vinya, where they will work untilThe 4th is the date on which the workforce will leave for a stay until the 31st Estepona. In Andalusia, Míchel’s team are planning to play a couple of friendly matches. In this sense, and while the Girona players still have four days of vacation left to take advantage of, a good bunch of First Division teams have already returned to work. In fact, today Villarreal, Valladolid, Cadiz, Rayo, Almeria and Osasuna have done it and tomorrow, Espanyol, Getafe and Atlético, among others. For example, Pablo Machín has been working with Elx for a few days now, who, with a lot of homework to do, started on Tuesday and the squad is already sweating under the orders of physical trainer Jordi Balcells. The Sorian technician, according to Información, would have asked for the signing of Pere Pons, now at AEK Larnaca in Cyprus.
AArgentina, Egypt or Qatar, have been some of the holiday destinations that the Girona players have gone to have revealed through social networks. Having finished last season later than the rest of the teams and, the good dynamics of results with which the stoppage was reached, has also meant that the club was generous with the holidays and granted full fifteen days to the staff. In this sense, the Girona it is not the team with the most rest in the category, because there are a few who will still be there later. In the case of Barça, the resumption of training is scheduled for December 5, although the presence of so many players at the World Cup will mean that the first sessions will be as a family. Also until December, Mallorca and Real Madrid will not be there (day 1) or the Royal Society (day 2). Aside from Elx and Villarreal, Osasuna, Cadiz, Rayo, Valladolid and Almeria, who were put in yesterday, Sevilla has also been sweating the bacon since Wednesday. For their part, Valencia will play tomorrow while Athletic Club and Celta will do so on Monday
Betis was the club that started the holidays later. The Andalusians toured South America where they played several friendlies and did not start their holidays until last Saturday. This means that the return of activity to the Villamarín is not scheduled until December 5. It must be remembered, of course, that Betis, like the Madrid, Barça and Valencia, they do not compete in the second round of the Cup and therefore do not return to the competition until after Christmas with the resumption of the League.
Meanwhile, Girona continues to work to close a couple of friendly matches during the team’s stay in Estepona. The large number of European clubs and the demand for fields between the area of Andalusia and Murcia means that the rivals and the stadiums have been dancing in recent weeks and have not been able to finalize. The club hopes to complete it before next week. In this sense, it will be necessary to see if Míchel calls some player from the squad for the stay considering that the Third Federation does not stop and the subsidiary will have a match that week. The club is confident that players who were injured before the stoppage such as Reinier and Couto will be ready for Estepona and that Borja García can step forward. Kébé and Juanpe have it for even longer.
