The national team football window has caused the League to stop for a weekend. And, paradoxically, it will be the same one in which professional football will return to Valencia for the first time since the tragic DANA that caused more than 220 deaths and destroyed several entire towns.
It will be with Levante-Elche from LaLiga Hypermotion, the Spanish Second Division. After two postponed days, The granota team returns to the Ciutat de Valencia at 6:30 p.m. to resume the league championship, and it does so against a neighboring rival in a match where there will be an emotional and special atmosphere.
In fact, before the meeting, at 6:15 p.m. an event will be held to pay tribute to all the victims and people affected by the storm. Levante has not competed for 19 days and, of course, with their minds set on things more important than football, so this match will be a turning point.
The Granota coach himself, Julián Calero, wanted to send a message to the Granota fans beforehand so that “no one feels bad” if they decide to go watch the game: “They’re not doing anything wrong, and it can help them clear some of the mud from their heads,” commented the technician.
Without a doubt, it will be a match marked by the deep mark that DANA has left in the city of Turia and, especially, the surrounding regions. Calero, in fact, began his routine press conference prior to each game by giving “my deepest condolences” to all the victims and thanking the work of all the people who have been involved in searching for the missing and cleaning up towns: “It’s crazy how well they’ve done it.”. Little by little, without forgetting anything, we must return to normality, and we want Levantinism to be together and feel proud,” he explained.
Little by little, and although the concept of normality still seems very far away, life makes its way and football returns to Valencia.
