yesThe preseason of Andoni Iraola’s third project at Rayo Vallecano continues to take shape. The redheads, who will return to work on July 8, already know their first two rivals. After confirming the attractive friendly against United on July 31 at Old Trafford, the Italian Salernitana have announced their final pre-season schedule. The Davide Nicolas will face Rayo on July 19 at the Stadion Jenbach in Austria.
With the departure to Austria, Rayo Vallecano will face their second preseason game away from Spain, something that has not happened since the 2019-2020 season. The Madrileños are still pending confirmation if they will carry out any concentration throughout the preseason, either on Spanish soil or abroad.
The last stage outside of Spain was precisely in Austrian territory in that first course of Andoni Iraola in Vallecas, in which the redheads were measured at Mainz 05, Mnchengladbach and Fortuna Dsseldorf. In the last preseason, Rayo, like the rest of the Spanish teams, was forced to remain in Spain due to the still valid coronavirus.
La Salernitana, by a miracle, another season in Serie A
La Salernitana finished last season in 17th position in Serie A, just one point behind Cagliari and he was very close to returning a season later to the second category of Italian football. Relegation was just a goal away from Agostini’s men, who were unable to get past the draw in Venice on the last day, while the Salernitana fell thrashed at home by 0-4 against Udinese.
Pending entries and exits in both teams, the Italian team today has two old acquaintances of the Spanish fans such as the Argentine central Federico Faziowho was a member of Sevilla, among others, and Frank Ribry. The French winger faces his last years of career, after having enjoyed more than two decades as a professional, in which he has delighted Italian, German, French and Turkish fans.
In the absence of knowing the rest of the preparation schedule, Rayo will face two attractive and unprecedented friendlies against Salernitana and United, in which they will face two rivals from the five major leagues. In both appointments, he will be able to continue taking filming and minutes in the legs before starting his 20th season in the First Division, in which the objective will once again be salvation.
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