Since the time of Montjuïc, when the voice that most enthusiastically encouraged the players came from a single sector of the stadium, Espanyol has not had a single animation group. The main social problem experienced in the RCDE Stadium has finally been resolved in a favorable way. La Juvenil 1991 issued a statement on Thursday announcing that it will move to the Grada Canito, so this group and the Curva, as dictated by LaLiga regulations, will be in the same sector of the field.
Everything has been developing since the end of the previous season, when the first meetings took place. In July the agreement was accelerated and just before Espanyol’s first home game against Villarreal it was made public. “Aligned to the challenges facing our entity, we want to inform you that our group has decided to join the renewed project of the club this season, in which it is committed to a united, larger, and growing crowd of animation, bringing together as many eager parrots to animate the magical best “, they quote verbatim.
The group, which turns 30 this season, will give more energy if possible to an incombustible stage of animation, which will have to wait for the end of the restrictions to be able to look like yesteryear. The news, which was expected, has been greeted with enthusiasm by Spanishism. From now on, the Grada Canito formed mainly by the Curva occupied sectors 109 and 110 of the stadium, while the Youth must move from their pellet from the upper part of Gol de El Prat and place themselves between zones 111 and 112.
A history of past disagreements
In 2016, the club already made the proposal for a single tier that finally generated a conflict between the two groups. La Curva refused to accept it because it did not agree with the leaders proposed by the club. All this occurred in an atmosphere of tension that also generated problems in the stadium, with some episodes of violence between the Mossos and members located in this sector of the field. Even the animation group had to be diluted during some matches and security increased afterwards.
In recent seasons, positions have been getting closer, with past quarrels already buried, and the various meetings with the entity have served to lay the foundations of this agreement. Great news for the club just before the premiere at the RCDE Stadium.