The tinsel patina that adorns the dreams of the humble, barely resists the passing of the days, falls fast, the time it takes for reality to recapture everything, which is one second. Eldense needed more 60 years to return to the Second Division and he doesn’t want his time in the Professional Football League to pass temporary. Achieving this will not be an easy challenge. Deportivo must confront the great “giants” who have fallen to the ground with the ostentatious power of their social masses and the weight of their history, and will seek to rise to the First Division.

Only four cities of 22 It is smaller than the shoemaking resorts that are representative in the silver category. Almost 52,300 people They live registered in Elda, according to the National Institute of Statistics. Only Vila-Real (51.369), eibar (27,282), Miranda de Ebro (35.239) and Amorebieta-Etxano (19,587) have fewer population muscles than blaugrans. Their numbers are few in Nuevo Pepico Amat, but their drive has proven deadly. Shoulder to shoulder with clubs from cities like Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Zaragoza demands not to be mistaken. You have to hit almost anything to break them.

ElcheIt quadruples the population of the municipality of Medio Vinalopó, which experiences the same experience with a diametrically opposite feeling to Elda. The purpose of both environments is very different: the Greens and Greens, as they have recently been relegated, only consider their return to the elite, while the Catalans are content to stay, grow under the protection of the LFP and consolidate the sport. To be one of the 22 projects developing with the project. sound accounting6 years ago, when everything was blurry in the club and in Deportivo it was unthinkable. the survival of the state dean was in serious jeopardy.


Graph showing the number of residents of Second Division cities with official data from the INE for 2022. WHO

Headed by the founder of the communication firm Finetwork, the organization, step by step, with three successive promotions, pascual pereznow faces its most delicate and at the same time its most ambitious problem. Desiring to build a large stadium with a capacity of 18,000 spectators in his hometown in the not too distant future, the businessman from Elda has to adapt the structural conditions of Nuevo Pepico Amat to the new season. Requirements introduced by the LFP.

The capacity of the municipally owned Deportivo playground is enough to host approximately 4,100 fans. A reasonable figure for the club’s recent history. centennialbut now you need to increase this number and Get closer to 6,000 seats providing the regulation approved by the presiding body in 2021 javier thebes. The number is a longing rather than an imposition, It will be enough to exceed 5,000 So that no one cries to the sky.


Panoramic view of Nuevo Pepico Amat in the final against Castilla in Elda’s promotion to the Second Division. AXEL ALVAREZ

What is indisputable logistics improvement of the installation to match the highest level of television broadcasts that will now take place on the Barça ground. In principle, it shouldn’t be a problem for a project led by a businessman who is committed to providing technological coverage to companies and individuals across the country. seven weeks left enough time for the ball to start moving, for the property to adapt to the professional football dream. The echoes of the party fade and the hard part begins: staying among the best. The countdown has begun.

Manu Guil must plan project in record time

Festivities and celebrations for Eldense’s historic promotion in the promotion final against Real Madrid Castilla at Plaza del Ayuntamiento last Sunday 2,300 peopleNow against the clock and in record time let the planning begin for the next season in professional football.

The next season will start on August 11, so Eldense has only 50 days to plan sports with shorter-than-usual holidays for the players who continue in the Barça dressing room.

Following the historic rise of Eldense, the last team to reach the LFP, the category continues to consist of 22 teams, and this Wednesday, June 28, calendar draw among other things, knowing when Eldense and Elche, who have not met in the League for 64 years, will meet again on a pitch.