Yesterday “Atletico” Madrid practiced on “Bendela” of “Saburtalo”. “Saller Cup” has started today and will end up on December 22. The age teams of “Saburtalo”, “Atletico”, “Maccabi” and “Dnipro” will participate in the tournament.

Paco Saes coaches “Los Rojiblancos”. We have learnt from the young football players about the ongoing work in cantera and the specificity of the team.

They have said nothing about Tbilisi but liked “Bendela” very much.

When we asked if they have hostile attitude toward “Real”, they answered:

“No, but the matches are very tough. Now “Real” and “Atletico” are in the first-second places in our zone. We also hold tough matches against “Rayo Vallecano” and “Getafe”.

We asked them if Diego Simeone, Argentine coach of “Atletico” attends the cantera matches. They said he does and tries to collect information about us.

The young Spaniards characterized 15-year-old Nika Kvantaliani well. The Georgian plays for the age team of “Atletico”. Kvantaliani was born in 1998. He is a member of the Georgian age team which is coached by Gocha Tkebuchava. Nika is a midfielder.

The young Spaniards mentioned that many players of the cantera play for the main team of “Atletico”: Koke, Gabi, Mario Suarez, Oliver Torres, Javi Manquillo. David de Gea and Fernando Torres were also brought up in “Atletico”.

Many know the story of legendary Raul. Gonzalez Blanco was a captain of “Los Rojiblancos” at the age of 13-15. In 1992 Jesus Gil-Gil, president of “Atletico”, closed the school and Raul had to go to “Real” Madrid. The father of Raul was a fan of “Atletico”.

Last year “Saburtalo” won “Saller Cup”. “Lokomotiv” Tbilisi, “Vitesse” Arnhem and “Malaga” of Spain participated in it.

Ilia Nanobashvili