The Spanish team starts this Monday in Benidorm its concentration for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand that will be held from July 20 to August 20. The team led by Jorge Vilda starts from the beginning with 30 players of which only 23 will make it to the international tournament and with three friendlies scheduled that will serve as a set-up for an event in which there are high hopes.
First stop: Benidorm. Spain will concentrate the first week in the Valencian Community, being the Hotel Melia Villaitana in Benidorm the headquarters of the selection. The first week of preparation will serve the coaching staff to see in what conditions the players arrive, since there are some who finished competing a month ago and others who are injured. All those summoned have had a training plan prepared by the national team’s physical trainer, Blanca Romero, in order to arrive without burdens but with the predisposition to face them. Gym and field routines that the soccer players have been able to develop on their vacations.
A friendly to serve as a sieve
“What worries us the most is football, putting the team together well”, assured Jorge Vilda in the presentation of the prelist. However, the focus this week will be on both the physical and emotional levels after everything that has happened around the national team in the last year with the case of ’15’ and the last minute return of three of these players. Therefore, in addition to routine training, the staff has prepared coexistence activities with the intention of strengthening the group as a team. There will also be time to attend to sponsors and minimal contact with media.
Second stop: Madrid / Avils. Spain will focus the next 10 days on the Soccer City of Las Rozasfederation headquarters, except for a short trip to Avils where On Thursday, July 29, they will face Panama at the Román Suárez Puerta stadium, venue with capacity for 5,400 spectators. The duel against the Caribbean team will be the last test before the coach draws up the final list of 23 players that will be taken to the World Cup. Vilda will announce the final list on Friday, June 30 at 2:00 p.m..
Layover in Europe before traveling to New Zealand
Third stop: Copenhagen. Spain will fly to the Danish capital on Tuesday, July 4 to meet Denmark a day later at Gladsaxe Stadium, venue with capacity for 13,500 people. The Nordic group currently occupies the 13th place in the FIFA rankingand it came to be Euro 2017 runner-upso they guarantee it is a level test.
Fourth stop: New Zealand. Spain fly on the 6th of july to oceanic lands to arrive with time to acclimatize to the time change before the debut in the World Cup. The idea is to play one last friendly on the ground, surely against Vietnam -day to be defined- to help with the competition filming before giving the starting gun on July 21 against Costa Rica at the Wellington Regional Stadium in Wellingtoncoliseum with capacity for 34,500 spectators. There are 32 days left for the starting gun and everything is ready…
