At five past three in the afternoon, hundreds of Sant Andreu fans boarded an R4 train at Fabra i Puig heading towards Sant Vicenç de Calders, which took them, with a delay, to Cornellà de Llobregat. In Gràcia, the same scene was repeated, but on the L5 metro line. The image was reminiscent of away days, the traditional journeys of British fans by train to follow their teams away from home, and it staged the paradox of a derby between two neighborhood teams from Barcelona that was being played in the outskirts. Neither of the two was playing at home.

Lluís Fàbregas (Tarragona, 1967) has spent half his life at Nàstic. In the 1980s, he stood in goal for the club in the Third and Second B divisions, and in the 21st century he joined the club's organizational chart, where he has done everything from leading the commercial and brand department to being its general manager for fifteen years. In the summer of 2024, he replaced Josep Maria Andreu as club president. The change came shortly after the fateful night against Málaga, marked by the decisions of Eder Mallo, which frustrated the team's promotion to Second Division nastiquer and led to an unprecedented complaint against a member of the court, admitted for processing because the judge warned of signs of "document falsification and corruption in sports."

In a bar near the Nou Sardenya, Aday Benítez meets with ARA just over 24 hours before his debut in the First Federation this Saturday at the Juventud Torremolinos ground (7:30 p.m., LaLiga+ and FC Play). After the historic promotion as champions of the Second Federation, the club is preparing for an exciting, but also very demanding season.. "It's a challenge for me too. Despite being the team with the lowest budget and having to overcome obstacles like not being able to play at the Nou Sardenya starting in January, I consider myself a great fighter. I'm convinced we can achieve it."