The spirit of the Union rises before Madrid: Unionistas, the club in which the members decide everything

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The passing of the storm 'Gloria' has left snow and polar cold in Salamanca, but the real storm has been experienced since last Tuesday Unionistas was paired with Real Madrid in the 16th of Copa del Rey.

The capital charra has since stopped until this Wednesday the team of Zidane jump to the lawn of Las Pistas. There is no talk of anything else in the city and many have been left wanting to attend the meeting.

The impossibility of increasing the capacity with supplementary bleachers due to an expired license since 2002 has caused some discomfort on the part of the Salamanca people with the City Council, since Las Pistas are municipal facilities.

Far from the facilities that the institutions have given to the Ibiza Sports Union for their tie against Barcelona, Unionistas will organize their historic meeting against Real Madrid without financial aid or extra bleachers that would have greatly increased the benefits of the box office.

However, nothing can obscure the party of Unionists and all of Salamanca. The visit of Real Madrid is an attraction for a club that has spent six years of playing in the Provincial to do so against the most successful team in Spain and Europe.

If something distinguishes Unionists from other clubs, it is their commitment to po[CENSORED]r football. The partners are the sole owners of the entity's destiny and chose the shield, the anthem ... and each of the kits.

About 300,000 euros net has rejected Unionists for fulfilling their dream of playing the game in Las Pistas. Real Madrid offered at all times the Santiago Bernabéu to host the duel and with the full box office for the charro club.

But the desire of Unionists and their partners was to receive the visit of the white entity in Las Pistas and so it will be. In the entity chaired by Miguel Ángel Sandoval they are "very grateful" to the behavior of Real Madrid, which has supported the decisions at all times and has helped this humble Second B team as much as possible.

Unionistas is a special club and this is demonstrated by the members voting in the Assembly that any sponsorship of the bookmakers would always be rejected, regardless of the amount. This week Unionists has declined a lot of money again.

In addition, there is a zero debt commitment and the directive does not charge a euro. Sandoval is a computer by profession and tells, in a talk with EL ESPAÑOL, what the Salamanca Unionist philosophy is like and what the Copa del Rey tie against Real Madrid will mean for the charro club.

Is this meeting the triumph of all po[CENSORED]r football?

It is a great opportunity to publicize what is Unionists and po[CENSORED]r football as a football project. And the truth is that we are very happy about it. It is a unique showcase and we will enjoy it.

And what a showcase, to play against Santa Marta in the first friendly in the history of the club to do so against Real Madrid.

When we saw that he played the ball of Real Madrid, apart from knowing that we had a lot of work, we knew that everything the club did from now on would have more impact. To this has been added the problems with the stadium that has also made the game have more impact than usual. For us it is a showcase to show a team that we believe is different from the others.

How do you manage a match of this level in a week?

The members of the board are volunteers, we do not charge the club. We each have our jobs and many of us have to ask for vacations all week to be able to deal with everything that comes with preparation for the meeting in terms of facilities as well as attention to the media and the demands that there might be. We have dedicated the 24 hours to the meeting in the last week.

It should not be easy to combine this with a job

I am a computer scientist and I decided to take the vacation week as soon as I saw that Real Madrid was our rival. I had to attend to the media, meet with the City Council ... In the end this directive to use, is not to use. We each have our job and have preferred to sacrifice and be available to the club.

What a snowfall this Tuesday, right?

Yes. It has fallen mostly around Salamanca and as the stadium is on the outskirts, it has also fallen on the grass. It is a field that drains well, does not get very hard with frost. The field is well maintained. It will be cold in the game, but it is not expected to rain or anything. As soon as the snow is removed, there will be no problem.

Zidane already said that all players have started in worse fields ...

They are going back to childhood because they are not used to fields like the conditions of the Unionists. Then the field itself has very good conditions. Yes, it is true that there are areas where the ball does not go as smooth as in Santiago Bernabéu. It is a field similar to that of eq