SANTO DOMINGO.-
The Dominican football team began gathering since Monday to prepare for their first two matches for the 2023-2024 Concacaf Nations League at home. The national team will host Nicaragua on Friday, September 8, and Montserrat on Monday, September 11, both matches at Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo starting at 7:00 p.m.
The Sedofútbol will concentrate and train in the capital all week. The players from Europe will join on Monday afternoon, while others will join after the Dominican Football League match between Atlántico FC and Cibao FC.
Those who reported
By Monday evening, Ángel Melo, Jeremy Báez, Brian López, Michael Sambataro, Alex Ciriaco, Luiyi de Lucas, Cesar García, Heinz Morschel, Edison Azcona, Ronaldo Vásquez, Edarlyn Reyes, Dorny Romero, Nowend Lorenzo, Juan Carlos Pineda, and Luís Espinal had joined.
As the players arrived, they underwent a medical check-up, and the Monday -gym- and Tuesday -Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez- training sessions have been aimed at recovery after playing with their respective clubs and making long trips to Santo Domingo.
The schedule of activities will continue on Wednesday with training at Parque del Este in the afternoon and on Thursday, they will train in the morning at the same venue to officially recognize the Félix Sánchez field at night and be ready for the match on Friday against Nicaragua.
Next Thursday, the pre-match press conference will be held -time to be determined- and during the official recognition of the field, accredited press will be allowed access to the matches.
Ronaldo Vásquez, attacker of the national team, was one of the first to join the concentration and expressed, "I am super excited to return to the national team and represent my country, I am happy with the group for what they are doing in their clubs, and we will continue working with great humility to get these six points from the window."
"I have seen Nicaragua play matches and videos, they are a team that likes to have the ball, similar to us, to what we try to play. I know it will be an interesting match and we have to take advantage of the home advantage to get those three points," Vásquez said, who also called on the fans to join them this Friday and Monday at home.
It is worth noting that on Monday, September 11, the Dominican Republic will play their second match of the Nations League at home, this time against Montserrat at Estadio Félix Sánchez, starting at 7:00 PM.
Tickets for both matches cost 200 Dominican pesos per person and are available for sale at TodoticketsRD.com, as well as at the stadium ticket office on match days.