Barcelona /
He FC Barcelona gave up the planeyour usual mode of transport to travel to Madrid, and moved to the capital by train this Saturday for his league game on Sunday against Getafe.
“We have not done it before because the journey is long. It’s a matter of environmental pollution.we thought it was the right time because we played at 4:15 p.m. (local)”, explained Xavi Hernández at a press conference.
“We will rest and sleep there and we don’t have to come back at dawn on sundaySo it’s the right day for this,” he added.
According to the Catalan regional television TV3Barça left the Sants station on a high-speed train exclusively for the club and it was expected that it would be a three-hour journey to Madrid.
The Barça delegation will then move to the Intercontinental Hotel, where they will spend the night and after the game on Sunday, he will return to Barcelona.
According to TV3, the club will opt for the train in the future as long as the match schedules allow it.