“I wish I could not have any Barça player for qualifying for the Champions League final,”

The coach of Catalunya, Gerard Lópezhe has advanced Monday that he can make a call “with players exclusively from the first division” for the friendly match that selected it 'will play on May 28 (7:00 p.m./17: 00 GMT), before Costa Ricaat the Johan Cruyff stadium.

“If nothing exceptional is happening at the level of injury, that hopefully, we will have a very competitive list,” he announced Gerard During the presentation of the friendlies Catalunya-Costa rica y Catalunya-Chile female, which will be held on the same stage and the same time but on June 1.

Gerardwho has joked about the call that will be announced next Monday – “will be Pau Víctor and 21 more”, referring to FC Barcelona striker, present at the event – he said he is “very happy”, because this year “everyone wants to come” and can count “with 80 or 90% of the available players.”

“They will be Pau Victor and 21 more”

Gerard LópezCoach of Catalonia

The only players who are discarded to measure themselves to Costa Rica They will be the Catalans convened by the Spanish coach, Luis de la Fuentefor the final phase of the Nations League, and those of the Real Betisthat on May 28 they will play the final of the Conference League before the Chelsea.

“We were pending European finals to make the list and I wish I could not have any Barça player for qualifying for the Champions League final. And Betis players such as Bartra, Bellerín, Riubal or Altimira will not be able to come, but I am glad for them, because they will play a European final,” he said.

In any case, Gerard He has encouraged the fans to go to Johan Cruyff, “because it is a grateful game”, since the call will be “First Division” and the stadium “is next to Barcelona and has a capacity (6,000 spectators), which must be filled yes or yes.”

“You have to make noise”

“If they let us get together once a year, at least we have to make noise. The fans have to come to enjoy a good football game and we try to get victory to demonstrate that we are a supercompetitive selection,” he added.

Besides, Gerard He recalled that the collection of the meeting, with tickets at a popular price of 5 euros, “will be for a good cause”, since it will be destined to the Football Català Foundation, which finances social projects using the king sport as an integrative tool.

For its part, the striker of the Barça, Pau Víctorhas been delighted to debut with the 'selected' before Costa Rica: “Last year I could go as an amateur and this year I can live it from within and meet all the colleagues. I want the day to live it with great pride and a lot of passion.”

During the event, held at the headquarters of the Catalan Football Federation, the Catalunya-Chile Female, whose collection will also have beneficial purposes: the Corall Family Foundation, which serves children with congenital heart disease.

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Both friendly are framed within the acts of celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Catalan Federation, so they will be played with a commemorative ball. In addition, players and players will release a t -shirt of the 'selected' limited edition to commemorate the ephemeris.