The Ray begins to breathe. COVID-19 seems to be giving a truce to the Vallecano team, which this Wednesday has been able to exercise with more troops on the green. Fifteen to be exact. To the eight players from the first team who worked yesterday under Unai Mendia (Mario Hernández, Andrés Martín, Comesaña, Óscar Valentín, Isi, Balliu, Kevin Rodrigues and Arboleda), Luca Zidane, Maras and Pathé Ciss joined.
In addition, Iraola’s second -the coach is one of the confirmed positives- had a greater presence of the subsidiary, left back Iker Recio and midfielder Manu Navarro were at the Ciudad Deportiva. Two regulars in the first team sessions. Both join, therefore, the goalkeeper Quintela and the right-handed winger Aguirre, who already went up yesterday. All this in views to the derby against Atlético that looms on the horizon and is set for Sunday (Wanda Metropolitano, 4:15 p.m.).
Little by little, the players are returning and the doubts surrounding this match are dissipated, after the tests on Monday raised the infections among the footballers to 17. Rayo currently has ten members of the first team (Mario Hernández is, but he has a filial file), twice what the regulations require for the duel to be played and, Only with the troops that worked this morning, they would cover the minimum of the call (there were 15 and 13 would suffice), having three goalkeepers and twelve field players.