Spain sets course for Japan

Spain took off this Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. to Kobe (Japan) to play the Olympic Games. He has done it with the six footballers who played the Eurocup (Simón, Èric, Pau Torres, Pedri, Olmo and Oyarzabal), who had had a few days off after being eliminated against Italy and who came to Benidorm this Monday to travel with the rest of the expedition.

Luis de la Fuente's men are scheduled to land in Kobe at around 4:25 p.m. local time (9:25 a.m. in Spain). The time of the trip is not chosen at random, since the idea is that players fall asleep shortly after takeoff to begin to adapt as soon as possible to the schedule and minimize the effects of jet lag.

It will be in Japanese lands when the coach can count for the first time with the 22 summoned for the championship, since during the entire mini preseason that they have carried out in Benidorm in the last two weeks they have only had 16 players at their disposal.

Spain will play their only friendly match in Kobe on the 17th, against Japan. Five days later it will have its premiere at the Games against Egypt. Between game and game they will hardly have rest (they play on the 25th against Australia and on the 28th against Argentina), so De la Fuente's idea is that the 22 summoned have a leading role in this group stage, since the conditions of high temperatures and humidity make the recovery between game and game difficult.