“It's time to join and fight, we have always been there”

Around 40 members of the Peña Juvenil gathered at the RCDE Stadium to read a manifesto on the situation of Espanyol after the relegation was completed. Already in the morning, this animation group with practically 30 years of existence, which has already lived through stages in the Second, unfolded several banners around the Sports City and the Blue and Whites' stadium to show their discontent with the performance of the players and with the management of the worst campaign in its history.

At the beginning of the statement, read by Cristian Requena, several of the causes considered by these fans that led Espanyol to this very decadent situation are indicated: “It is sad to live a situation that we had been warning the club leaders for some time. And it was not necessary to be a fortune teller to observe how day by day our entity was adrift “. The club will live 120 years of life in a category that does not pertoca for history.

“This club is great, but this season we have lost our way, they have not lived up to the circumstances with the sad outcome that we all already know. Most players have not defended the shield as they should match after match, and to make matters worse they have not been able to stand up in the worst moments, “he reflects, while also pointing to the board, which has been moving away from the partners in recent years.

“The club has been distancing itself and distancing itself from its people. Professionalization does not imply separating fans from their team day after day, physically and emotionally. Recognize it, we have gone from being one of the best hobbies in the country, to having a mass social in low hours, precisely when we descend, “adds the statement. And, all that, has generated a detached club: “We want a club that lets itself be loved, that gets closer to people and that does not move away trying to be what it is not. You have made the team indifferent in the day-to-day life of many fans, an inconceivable detachment years ago. Enough is enough, don't continue undoing what many generations of parakeets have had a hard time achieving “.

Despite the criticism, the Youth supporters club makes itself available to the club to recover part of what was lost in the last campaign in a course as important as the one to come, in which promotion is urgently needed. “It is in difficult moments when the true meaning of the word loyalty is verified. And we beg you parrots, not to leave the club of your life now, renew, let's unite and fight, let's fight so that the goal celebrations do not disappear with a stranger next door, the anthem sung a cappella in each game, but above all, let's fight for those who are no longer there, those who taught us what it means to be from Spanish, for them. “