The Spanish Olympic team headed to Kobe (Tokyo) this Monday, where it will play next Saturday the 17th the first and only friendly preparation for the Olympic Games against Japan, leaving behind a 12-day stay in Benidorm (Alicante) marked by the physical load and acclimatization to the conditions of the Japanese country.
Training sessions in which the six members of the squad who played the Eurocup with the absolute did not participate: Unai Simón, Eric García, Pau Torres, Dani Olmo, Pedri and Mikel Oyarzabal.
After falling in the semifinals in the penalty shootout against Italy – champion after defeating England in the same fate – on July 6, the internationals had a few days of vacation and they all joined this same Monday, after giving negative in coronavirus in the relevant tests, to eat with his companions and leave from Alicante to Kobe.
There, the coaching staff led by Luis de la Fuente will change the purpose of the work sessions and will focus more on technical and tactical aspects after 12 days in which the physical and double sessions under the humidity of Benidorm were protagonists.
Already in Japan, with all the players at his disposal, he will focus on the debut on July 22 against Egypt, the opening match of men's football at the Olympic Games, with only the duel against the host as a level test on Saturday 17 July at 12:00 CEST. EFE
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