When summer looms around the corner, Orio takes to the pilpil. Rowing season, a religion in the coastal enclave, monopolizes attention. With permission from Imanol
Sheriff, the prodigal son who provokes the admiration of his countrymen. The coach of the San Nikolas, Jon
SalsamendiHe is a friend and a good connoisseur of what the Real coach is like. “History is being written: people are in love with Imanol, de la Real,” he said. Salsamendi on Radio Euskadi.
Salsamendi He could not miss the campaign to support Orio, since the start of the ACT League of drifters takes place in two weeks. The Gipuzkoan, who is a member of the Real, likes the affection he has for Imanol but he remarks that “he had to win a Cup, qualify for Europe two years in a row, create a game with which we all identify and nobody has given Imanol anything”. Work is the fate of Sheriff, as emphasized Salsamendi. “As a player he started at the Orioko, not at Valdebebas, and ended up scoring goals at the Bernabéu ”, illustrates the Orio coach.