No, it is not a dirt field, although today it obviously seems so. The artificial grass looked bright in The Fanecada until last Wednesday, September 1, was buried under a terrible blanket of mud, fruit of the storm that devastated Terres de l'Ebre. The Alcanar Soccer Club, a town that registered rainfall of 217 liters per square meter –Of which, 77 in just half an hour– took the worst part, from a sporting point of view. And now he is trying to resurface, with the effort that only modest football carries as standard, and with some surprises, most fortunately positive, in the midst of the drama.
“We have lost everything“read the alert message that CF Alcanar spread last week through social networks. A call that was answered by groups in the area such as The Rapitenca –Which for this Sunday, the 12th, has organized a solidarity friendly against its neighbors–, Tortosa, Remolins, La Floresta, La Sènia or L'Ametlla de Mar. “Total, about 25 clubs they have offered us help “, he recounts Miguel Agustí, the president of the affected entity, which attends AS between meetings to find, as the most urgent task, a nearby field where Alcanar can train and start the League, in Tercera Catalana, on October 3.
A blanket of mud covered the pitch, made of artificial grass.
CF Alcanar
“Among the clubs that have called There are also Barcelona, Espanyol, Sabadell or Cornellà“, highlights Agustí, who points out that both Barça and parrots “They have asked us for a list with all the material we needI suppose to get it to us, and the possibility of later playing a match with some category. “There is hope. And, in the case of Espanyol, this Wednesday he will meet with a representative of the peñas.
“Soteras … we don't need it”
But not everything is being helps. The president of Alcanar regrets, without mincing words, that “the only one who has not been involved, and should have been the first, is our esteemed president Soteras (Head of the Catalan Football Federation). I have not received any calls or interest of any kind from you. Anyway, we don't need either“, he rivets.
The changing room area was completely flooded.
CF Alcanar
Indeed, almost everyone has turned to the 'Canareus', including their own players, who on Saturday spent the day from sunrise to sunset trying to clean the long span of mud that covered the playing field. “The City Council has asked for the catastrophic zone and the field, of course, is. It must be built from scratch“, Agustí remarks, in addition to recounting how the changing room area, which is located six steps below, was completely flooded, with water up to the ceiling, so all the documentation and material were spoiled, except for some cones, “and because they are made of plastic.”
Despite everything, and while Alcanar tries to wake up from this nightmare of torrential rains, the president of his soccer club already thinks like anyone who loves this sport. “In addition to looking for a nearby field, we will find where the clothes are to train and play. But what we want is to compete“he declares. A green sprout in the catastrophe.