Espanyol announced this Wednesday the details of the preseason to get the team ready for the return to the First Division. Vicente Moreno's technical staff and his squad rush their last days of vacation, because on Sunday they are already scheduled to warm up the engines.
Officially, the pre-season perica will start next Monday, July 5, when as usual they will combine physical and medical tests to analyze the state of each player after the weeks of rest enjoyed. Thus, from Tuesday there will be the first group workouts at the Dani Jarque Sports City.
But before, on Sunday, technical staff and players will have all the players underwent a round of PCR test and serological tests to confirm that group exercises can be started normally, that is, ruling out Covid infections.
For two weeks, until July 18, the team will exercise at the Ciudad Deportiva. And it will be From Monday the 19th when they travel to Marbella to carry out the preseason stage until Friday the 30th.
So far, Espanyol has only confirmed one friendly, which will play
Vicente Moreno's team on Saturday July 17 against Nàstic
, corresponding to the Ciutat de Tarragona Tournament (20 hours).
There are no more 'bowling' confirmed, at the moment, but the idea of the coaching staff is to dispute at least four or five more, some of them taking advantage of the stay in Marbella, where they will coincide with several First and Second teams in the area.
Back from Marbella, they will work on the Dani Jarque. Y Vicente Moreno He is also betting on playing some more friendly in the days leading up to the league debut, scheduled for the weekend of August 14-15.