The Spanish team returned to Cordoba 23 years later and with them thousands of supporters who invaded the streets of the Caliphate city both the day before the fourth match of the League of Nations against Serbia like this Tuesday, when Spain I will take a new step The Archangel more than two decades later. The welcome to those of Luis de la Fuente The Córdoba supporters at the airport and at the door of their hotel were already very numerous and the desire for football translated into a good atmosphere.
It was particularly good in the fan zone The tendonsthe central square of the Andalusian city which welcomed all the supporters who wanted to stroll around and look at the Spanish team’s trophies. There was no rain or bad weather on the day of the match, but that was no excuse for the Córdoba supporters, who, a few hours before kick-off, gave their all against Spain.
And El Arcángel had not hosted a senior team match since April 25, 2001. That day, a Spain that was preparing for the fateful moment Korea World Cup 2002 defeated Japan by the minimum (1-0) with a goal of Rubén Barajawho entered from the bench, after Pedro Munitis. The rest of the starting lineup José-Antonio Camacho they composed it Santiago Canizares, Ivan Helguera, Manuel Pablo, Michel Nadal, Paco Jemez –who would later become coach of Córdoba CF–, Sergi Barjuan, Mendieta, Pep Guardiola, Raoul And Save the crossbow.
The faces 23 years later are very different and the composition that De la Fuente could present is marked by injuries, so Córdoba will find itself without seeing a large part of the players who made us champions of the championship. European Cup last July at Germany. The eleven that we predict in OKDIARIO is made up David Raya in the goal; Mingueza, Cubarsi, Laporte And Cucurelle in defense; Zubimendi And Merino in the center of the field with Baena coupling; Brian Zaragoza left, Sergio Gomez right and pointed Joselu Mato.
