Ferrara and Rey prepare the teams for the 2025/26 Pro League

In preparation for the 2025/26 Pro League which begins on December 9 in Santiago del Estero, Both national teams are on tour (the women’s team in the United States and the men’s team in Belgium). Given this, Fernando Ferrara, coach of Las Leonas, and Lucas Rey, coach of Los Leones, spoke hand in hand with AM850.com.

From Antwerp in the Old Continent, King He explained the reason why he decided on Belgium as his destination and also why he called up those 15 players: “It is a concentration only with the players who are in the world process who are playing in Europe. We chose Belgium because the largest number of players play in that league, which saves on logistics costs. The preparation will be difficult, we will have little time to work with the entire group, that is why it is so important to go to Europe now.”he explained.

And then he continued: “We seek to stay in contact with the kids, work together, strengthen concepts and unify them with what we work with the group that is in Argentina. We also want to be able to evaluate the kids, see what level they are at and how they perform in their league with their clubs, in addition to recovering that human contact that we lose with distance“.

On another continent, in this case the American one, Ferrara spoke from Charlotte, North Carolina, about the goal of this tour with Las Leonas only locally.not those that play in Europe: “The objective of the tour is to have bimonthly continuity of international competitionthanks to the comforts offered by adding single and double shift training, being able to work on specific aspects on the court and video analysis“began.

And then he finished: “We also wanted to give the possibility to several players who can make or add their first experiencesconsidering that we want to respect the players who are also part of the Junior so that they can now focus only on that process and objective, just as the players who are competing in Europe can focus on that competition. For the Pro League in December, the 3 players who are in Europe will be available while the Juniors will play their category World Cup.“.

The Lionesses are playing a series of friendlies against the North Americans and already achieved the first victory in the first match: it was a 1-0 victory, with a goal from Majo Granatto. Two tours with two different preparations, but with a single objective ahead: prepare in the best way for the Pro League and the next 2026 World Cup.