Ferrol already smells like Segunda with full bars and ardent racinguism

Whatever happens next Saturday in A Malata, Racing has already won a lot more than promotion. Racinguismo took over the city to stay. Streets decorated with greenery. Bars full to the brim. And life stopped from half past seven in the evening during the ninety minutes in which the team fought for victory. Those who could not escape to Talavera enjoyed with friends and family from home a very important victory of their own house.

Three hours before the game, they were looking for a bar to watch the game on Avenida de Esteiro Pepe Martínez and his son Alex. “I always tried to get the racing bug in him, but he was more inclined to watch Real Madrid on TV, just like his school friends. But this year I made him a racinguist », Pepe proudly commented on his son wearing an Álex López shirt. – He is my favorite player – says the little one.

If there is anything striking, this campaign in a wave of young people caught by the green passion. Jenny Florencio did not hesitate to take notes from the nursing cycle to the Molino Viej breweryor, on the way to Castilla. “We are facing final exams, but I didn’t plan to miss this game,” he admitted. The young girl, accompanied by her parents Fran and Natalija, vibrated and jumped the most at Manu Justo’s goal, which raised a wave of townspeople who broadcast the match. And that is that in Ferrol, Racing’s matches are already watched more than those of the Champions League.

They shouted “alé, alé alé” in Molino Viejo, where there was no shortage of great songs like Los Limones. While in another part of the city, hundreds of residents who followed the rally from Avanti terrace, on Calle Dolores, also with “aúpa Racing” songs. Among them is the legend of the club: Pazolo. Followed by friends and supporters, he jumped like another on Manu Justo’s goal. “At the beginning of the game, it gives you peace and confidence so that you don’t have your heart in your hand during the whole game,” he thanks. With the game on his mind, he thoroughly enjoyed the remaining 86 minutes. It suffered a bit in the second half. “In the first half, the team was very solvent, but in the second it got complicated, they are more clueless. Penalty from the second goal that gives the necessary calmness,” he comments.

Pazolo has not seen a city so focused on his Racing as this year. «It’s fantastic to see a city and fans like this. Everyone has a huge illusion,” he extols. Sensations that were reminiscent of what he experienced in 2000. However, his attention was drawn to the rejuvenation of the stands. “A lot of young people are attached to the team. The truth is that it gives life and immense joy,” he admits. Also the atmosphere in the bars. “A few years ago it was unthinkable that they would put Racing on television, and the players would be so full that they would have to be outside,”

He defends the work of Racing with the last whistle. “The team respected what suited them and still has the possibility of direct advancement in their hands, which is what everyone wants,” he said.