A week before the start of the Espanyol preseason, from the entity it has been confirmed this Tuesday the first friendly of the parakeets this summer to prepare the return to the First Division.
Gimnàstic de Tarragona will be Vicente's first rival Brown. Both will meet in the twelfth edition of the Ciutat de Tarragona next Saturday, July 17, at the Nou Estadi de Tarragona, starting at 8:00 p.m. It will be the first game with an audience for both clubs.
It is not the first time that Espanyol plays the Ciutat de Tarragona, because for several years was a regular guest at the tournament presentation of the Nàstic.
Vicente Moreno, who managed Nàstic for three seasons and a half, between 2013 and 2017, he will return to what he was home and where he signed the first of his category promotions on the benches and was about to materialize another two.
Remember that the blue and white squad is summoned next Sunday to pass the mandatory PCR tests to detect possible cases of Covid, before carrying out on Monday 5th the usual revisions that will be combined with the first physical training sessions at the Ciudad Deportiva.
It will not be until the second half of July when Espanyol will carry out the concentration in Marbella. In the absence of official confirmation from the entity, the first team will focus on Marbella, specifically at the Marbella Football Center facilities (as it did last year), from July 19 to 30.
The internationals will be missing
Input Vicente Moreno he will not be able to count on the internationals who have disputed commitments in recent weeks. Undoubtedly Javi Puado and Óscar Gil will be the last to join, practically a few days before the start of the League (August 15), since they have been summoned to participate with La Rojita in the Tokyo Olympic Games. The rest of internationals (Pedrosa, Vargas, Keidi Bare, Wu Lei) will have a few more days off, so they will not return to work next Monday.