The Rayo squad has returned to training this Tuesday, after yesterday had a rest day. The main novelty is that Paco Jémez has been able to count on all his players in a single group. One more step towards the long-awaited 'normality' and the ever closer return to the league. The footballers have already started preparing their match with Albacete together. A second time to be held on Thursday 11, at 10:30 p.m. – opening the Second – and in which the rules prior to this break will be governed by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as that of the three changes .
It should be remembered that at the time of the suspension the game was 0-0 and that Albacete had one less player, after the expulsion of Eddy Silvestre. At the time of resuming the duel, the lineups do not have to be those presented on December 15, but they must be composed of the players registered at that time. This implies the absence of winter transfers, for example. Something that would leave out the rayistas De Frutos, Isi, Yacine Qasmi and Juan Villar and the Manchegos Sergio Sánchez, Querol, Chema Núñez, Caballo, Erice and Maikel Mesa.
One of the solutions for both teams resides in the presence of youth squads in their callsBut that is also subject to specific rules. They must be players registered in the list that is requested from the clubs before the start of the championship, even if they do not have a first team record. A good resource for fill vacancies of those who left the club in winter, as in the case of Embarba and Piovaccari in the eleven redhead and of Abdoulaye on the bench.