When Martínez arrived at his office in Valero, pablo machine A pile of negative statistics were found that placed Elche as the worst team in the First Division in this first part of the competition before the World Cup.
Among them is the worrying goal production. 10 goals in 14 matches, an average that won’t find the long-awaited response when the championship restarts, even given the problems of the French-greens in their own region. Moreover, the scoring figure is one of the worst in its entire history in the highest category for the Elche club.
Only two teams from the eighties (1984/85 and 1988/89), when Elche took two tentative steps among the national elite, worsen the current campaign’s numbers. In the first, the Elchelis only saw a port 5 times, but that was enough for them to win two games and add 9 points (two points for a win in the league). Despite the team’s downfall, the overall feel was much better than it is now, thanks to its outstanding defensive power.
ELCHE FORWARDS STATS 22/23
Pere Milla: 13 games (8 starts), 806 minutes and 3 goals
Ezequiel Ponce: 13 games (4 starts), 505 minutes and 2 goals
Lucas Boyé: played 12 matches (9 starts), 736 minutes and 1 goal
Roger Martí: played 8 matches (5 starts), 430 minutes and 0 goals
Five years later, in the disastrous 1988/89, Elche scored 9 goals in the first 14 games; it was a start to a fantastic season, both in terms of points and goals scored, and of course a downturn.
Machín wants to save a striker who looks really reliable in the summer, possibly the strongest line on the team. Lucas BoyeDespite his injury, he was in the pool to go to Qatar, with Argentina, now semi-finalists. With ponce It was decided to place an economic bet, although the six-month period he borrowed was not bright. It has been renewed, including a soap opera. Father Milla that comes from being a hero and delivering incredible hit-to-goal in 2021/22. there was frost Roger Martian experienced striker who theoretically scores a dozen goals per season.
The fact is that after 14 games their total is 6 goals.. Elche has lost her way to the castle and Machín is working against the clock to find her again.
Boyé and Roger’s cases are worrying and incomprehensible
No one within Elche expected the team’s poor performance in this first leg of the League. Of particular concern are the cases of aggressors Lucas Boyé and Roger Martí, who presented themselves as protagonists of the project before the summer contract with Valencia was signed and the Argentine left. At this point, Boyé had scored 4 goals last year. Roger is experiencing its worst drought in five years.