Espanyol received this Wednesday at the Stage Front Stadium a delegation from the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), headed by its president, Pedro Rocha, accompanied by representatives of the Catalan Football Federation (FCF), the Generalitat and the city councils of Barcelona, Cornellà, El Prat and Sant Adrià to defend the candidacy of the Stage Front Stadium as the venue for the 2030 World Cup, organized by Spain, Portugal and Morocco.
The blue and white club is working tirelessly to make its stadium one of the venues for the 2030 World Cup, which will have ten Spanish stadiums. At the moment, there are 15 candidates, of which five will be discarded. The illustrious visitors have had the opportunity to see the parakeet temple up close and have seen first-hand all the improvements that the club has made to the stadium in recent months.
"I love what I have seen of the stadium. We have been working for more than a year and a half. The World Cup for Spain and football is very important. We have very good memories of the friendly we played against Albania. It has had a positive impact," declared the president of the RFEF, Pedro Rocha. On behalf of the RFEF, the president, Pedro Rocha, attended the meeting; the chief of staff, Antonio Retamosa; the director of institutional relations, Antonio Gómez-Reino; and the person in charge of stadiums, María Tato. Also attending were Joan Soteras, president of the FCF, and the communications director, Álvaro Montoliu.
The head of the FCF, Joan Soteras, has assured that "this is a demonstration of the importance that Catalonia has within the framework of national football. RCD Espanyol has an exceptional field and an incomparable setting for the World Cup to be played. I am optimistic, because I understand that Catalonia is important enough for it to be one of the territorial ones that has two headquarters," he explained.
Finally, Mao Ye, CEO of RCD Espanyol, indicated: "We are very happy to receive this visit at the Stage Front Stadium. We have the support of all the institutions involved and we have begun to work together to make the Espanyol field one of the venues for the 2030 World Cup. It is a first-class stadium and hosting World Cup matches would be a step to internationalize and publicize our facilities." Along with Mao Ye, the deputy general director, Toni Alegre; the sports director, Fran Garagarza; the director of communication and institutional relations, Sergio Aguilar; and the director of operations, Mariano Tejero.
