The National Team will play in Barcelona! Rival and date confirmed

The Spanish Selection will receive to Albania in the RCDE Stadium next Saturday 26 March, friendly party that supposes the return of 'The Red' to Barcelona after 18 years. Again the stadium of the Espanyol will be the house of Spain, as sucedió on 18 February 2004 in the olympic stadium Lluís Companys (Montjuïc), when the directed by Iñaki Sáez won 2-1 to Peru, also by a friendly.

The party in Cornellà will begin to the 19:00 hours. The group of Luis Enrique will complete the double date FIFA of March in A Coruña in front of Iceland the Tuesday 29, in which it will be the first meeting in Riazor in 13 years. Both parties serve of preparation for the Glass of the World of Catar, to which Spain classified in past November, after winning to Sweden 1-0 in The Cartuja.

Recently more than two months, the minister Miquel Iceta had manifested his wish that the Absolute Selection contest even official party in the city. The Espanyol already had tried to carry to 'The Red' to Cornellà for a party clasificatoria to the World-wide of Russia 2018, but the Federation desestimó the proposal. Now, the authorities expect "a fraternal reception" by part of the Catalan fans.

The last no friendly party of Spain in Barcelona was in 1975, on 12 October in the ancient stadium of Sarriá in front of Denmark. The crash finished 2-0 in favour of the venues, with goals of Pirri and Capón, in a corresponding party to the eliminatory for the Eurocopa of Yugoslavia 1976.

52 years without stepping the Camp Nou

Even more prolonged is the absence of the Selection in Camp Nou. On 30 April 1969 it was the last time that Spain stepped the house of the Barça, in a party by the eliminatory to the World-wide of Mexico 1970 that finished 2-1 against Yugoslavia. Bustillo And Amancio annotated for the venues, that finally would remain outside of the just continental.