“I think the atmosphere in Barcelona is unbeatable”

The president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubialesassured that the atmosphere that existed in the match between the national team and Albania (2-1) last Saturday in Barcelonawhere he had not played for 18 years, is “insurmountable”.

“I think the atmosphere in Barcelona is unbeatable. I have never seen in my life, neither as a footballer nor as president of the RFEF, a party like the one we live there. A long time waiting, a lot of people waiting to show their support, full of flags everywhere and we were able to win, which is important in the end”, he declared.

Rubiales attended the journalists after a meeting in the Municipal Palace of María Pita with the Mayor of A Coruña, Inés Rey, and members of the corporation in the preview of the friendly between Spain and Iceland.

“I am satisfied with how they have welcomed us, how everything has turned out, that certain issues are normalized, because sport is sport, and it has been a success to go there after so long,” he reflected.

The manager picked up the glove from the coach, who said he hoped that it would not take so long for the team to return to Barcelona.

“The first thing is that I continue to be president and then things have to be done at the time they have to be done. With the pandemic there was no point in going and before maybe it was not the time. We have managed it the way she played, at the time he played and we are very happy”, he declared.

“At the time that Barcelona want to host another game, I can assure you that we will go again”, added the president of the Federation.

This Tuesday, the team will play again twelve and a half years later in A Corunawhere he did not play a game since the 5-0 win over Belgium in 2009 in qualifying for the World Cup in South Africawhich ended up conquering the Red.

“We were here with Belgium and it was also a World Cup year. We want to go to Qatar with humility, but if history repeats itself, you won’t get rid of us coming every World Cup”, he joked with the mayor.

“We are happy to be here, satisfied, delighted that A Coruna It has opened the door for us and that the fans enjoy a lot, that it is a great match and if possible that we can win”, he wished.

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