The RCDE Stadium closes with the party of Peru

The RCDE Stadium will live this sunday his last game of the season. In fact, in June the change of grass will take place as the end of the course that will be remembered for the return to First Division and salvation, the end of one more folder in parakeet history. the encounter will measure to New Zealand and Peru, a friendly before the transcendental playoff match with a view to qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar in November (17:30). Peru awaits the winner of the Australia-United Arab Emirates while the oceanic will face Costa Rica.

It will not be the first international match played in Cornellà-El Prat. Not even the first of the season. In March it was disputed Spain-Albania (2-1), an encounter emotional for the return of the National Team to Barcelona 18 years later and that he left a image of 35,000 spectators in the blue and white stadium. Two other matches had been played previously. A Colombia-Tunisia and a Catalonia-Nigeria, all of them with a great atmosphere in the stands.

The Peru visit also has a great symbolic value, since it was the rival of Spain in that last meeting of Spain in Barcelona. It was in 2004 at the Montjuïc Olympic Stadium. Even in 2007 it was measured at Ecuador at the Miniestadi in the considered Latin Challenge, a meeting that mobilized immigration from both countries in Barcelona. The same passion will be seen in the stands of the RCDE Stadium

As of may 31, 30,000 tickets had already been sold, of which the vast majority were from fans in Peru. In fact, only six New Zealand aficionados had bought tickets. Espanyol, which helps organize the match, receives financial compensation, although it cannot be revealed due to the confidentiality clauses of the signed contracts.