Today there are six months of the tragedy that left 224 victims in Valencia. The Dana caused a multitude of damage, which have been encrypted in endless millions of euros. Up to 37 fields of 30 municipalities were disabled by the flood with costs that exceed 24 million euros. Around 7,000 federated players have seen their football life truncated during the last months.
One of the most affected populations was Paiporta, where two soccer sports clubs with about 1,100 children reside.
In the case of the E1, it still does not have its own field to train and play. In fact, nor have the reconstruction works begin and it is not known when they will begin. The president of the club, Yolanda Folguera, is confident that for next season they can already have her field, which has been estimated that fixing it will cost about 900,000 euros because not only one must put a new grass, but also pipes and facilities. The adequacy works will be carried out by the Valencian Football Federation, which has been committed to the club. «Currently we have to move to other cities to develop physical activity. To the fields that we are going the most is the stadium that the Valencian Football Federation has in Picasent Ya Puçol, which is more than an hour from the town, but they present it to us for free »he confesses. A situation that begins to tire both players and their relatives “who have to make a greater effort to be able to train.” In addition, not knowing when the club's facilities will be available is causing many players to be asking for the decline: «In my 13 years as president I have always accepted any decline that has been requested, but this year not. I do not seem fair to do it, because if one or two of a team are discharged, the rest could not even compete. They have to acquire a commitment and that is one year. I don't like not giving them low, but it is a complicated situation. There are families who do not see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I insist that June 30 are free to leave or stay in the E1 Paiporta. ”Forgueras has expressed their desire that by that date he can offer the players and their relatives a solution to decide to stay.
The pressure increases for the club's board to which they do not stop pressing other teams in the area that want to take their players: «At the beginning they are all very supportive, but now they have called me coaches and sports directors to leave one of my players. They are taking advantage ». In addition, the situation is complicated for the Paiporta to which the money is exhausted: «After the tragedy the Trinidad Alfonso Foundation donated an economic amount that has helped us a lot with the displacements, but it has ended and now the situation is complicated. Luckily in competitions we do not have to pay the arbitration of the matches, which is paid by the Valencian Football Federation, but we could not take charge ».
The only 'positive' side of the situation that the club is living is that in January the 38 teams of the club could begin, to which 580 children belong. No set has had to be withdrawn from the competition, except the smallest of 3 and 4 years who did not play a regular league. So Yolanda Folguera has been very proud that at least you can “return” to that normality.
On the contrary, one of the clubs that has run with more luck has been that of Catarroja, which of the two fields he had already recovered, that of the sports center, a month ago, thanks to the Trinidad Alfonso Foundation and Villarreal. The other stadium, the 82nd World Cup, will be inaugurated on May 6. Valencia CF has been in charge of reconstruction. For the FBCD Catarroja they have been a few months “very hard”, where “they did not see the light” and “they were overwhelmed”. Although, according to its president, Óscar Banacloy, right now they are much better than they could imagine a few months ago. «We are super happy and excited to have recovered our facilities. We thought that this year I was going to be lost, but we dream that next season it is completely normal, ”said the president. Like the E1 Catarroja, the competitions began in January all the teams, the 43, and they have not had to get any of the competition. “We have taken it as this year has been exceptional for difficulties”Banacloy said.
Another of the coincidences with a cold with the application for casualties. «We have children from 5 to 18 and it is not the same to be in your town and go to train or play than to have to move to do it. It has been very hard for everyone, parents, children, coaches … We have requested about 100 casualties and we have become about 650 players. We understand the situation that has had to live».
In Massassassa Esperanza is not green, but red. The Red of Atlético Osasuna. The Navarro Club and the population of L'Horta Sud will always have a special link. The institution has financed the reconstruction of the Vicente Moreno field, which bears the name of the coach of Osasuna and neighbor of the town. There they train and play the Massassa CF and the Massanassa CDB. Of the up to 37 fields affected in the first quarter of the year, the tower, Catarroja, Aldaia, Beniparrel and Algemesí have recovered thanks to entities such as the Trinidad Alfonso and Valencia Basket Foundation. The 'Almm-Seport' project has also contributed to the reconstruction, an initiative promoted by Juan Roig. Although there are still many who continue waiting for their facilities to be ready. The fields of Sedaví and Alfafar are in the reconstruction phase, on the other hand, Venetusen and Paiporta CF, a field of the Spanish Football Federation, does not have its own space where to continue with the physical activity of the players.
