Espanyol traveled this Monday afternoon to Marbella, where for the second consecutive year they will hold the pre-season stage until next Friday, July 29. The blue and white expedition was made up of 29 footballers, with the only absence being Wu Lei, who was injured. The Chinese attacker could join later if he puts his annoyances behind him.
The players who are part of Diego Martínez's list are the following: Pedrosa, Keidi Bare, Cabrera, Simo, Darder, Pol Lozano, Puado, Nico Melamed, Sergi Gómez, Lecomte, Embarba, Raúl de Tomás, Oscar Gil, Calero, Vini Souza, Villahermosa, Omar, Jofre, Joan García, Ángel Fortuño, Vargas, Vadillo, Luka, Aleix Vidal, Rubén, Brian, Dimata, Vilhena and Joselu.
Espanyol confirmed that they will play a friendly during the concentration in Marbella against the French Lille next Sunday, July 24, at 10:30. Lille finished in tenth position, level on points with Nantes, the French Ligue1 in the 2021-22 season with 14 wins, 13 draws and 11 losses. The French team will be a touchstone to gauge the evolution of the team coached by Diego Martínez. Two days before, he will play the second friendly against Las Palmas.
In the first test of the preseason, Espanyol got the win over Montpellier at the Estadi Dani Jarque. Nico Melamed and Dani Villahermosa scored the goals of the match (2-0) on the day that all the new faces debuted, with the exception of goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte.
