There is nothing left. The Real Zaragoza enters the final stretch of a preseason that will close with a new double header in just 24 hours. This Friday at the Ibercaja Estadio (7:30 p.m.), the team led by Ibai Gómez faces Bilbao Athletic in their seventh and penultimate friendly of the summer in a match that will once again test a team that this Saturday will have to travel to Soria to face Numancia (8:00 p.m.).
The duel against Athletic’s reserve team will also be Real Zaragoza’s last test against a rival from the Primera RFEF. After beating UD Logroñés (1-2) and Villarreal B (0-2) last week with more efficiency than dominance, the whites will once again face a team of the same category, but which is in the other group of the third division of Spanish football. In addition, it will also be a special appointment for Ibai Gómez who will face the club where he trained as a footballer and with which he triumphed in his first team.
In this way, and as happened last week, the Basque coach will once again distribute the burdens between the two parties. The formula is to divide the squad into two defined groups, so that, with some specific exceptions, the players who play against Bilbao Athletic will not do so the next day in Soria. A plan designed to avoid overloads and that the players can face the first week of competition in the best possible conditions from next Monday.
WITHOUT A FRANCHO AND WITH JOAQUÍN DELGADO
It will also be the first match after the departure of Francho Serrano and the arrival of Joaquín Delgado. The former captain set off to play in the First Division with a Getafe with whom he has already made his debut, playing the entire first leg of the Conference League tie against Partizan Belgrade that ended with a 3-1 win in favor of the blue club.
While the Andalusian striker who arrives in the Aragonese capital to contribute goals will have his first minutes in one of the two friendlies this week, presumably against Numancia as he has been with the white team for so little time. In the absentees section, Diego Monzón will not be available after suffering a sprain in the external lateral ligament of his right ankle in the last friendly against Villarreal B.
