After the first win in the league, Elche He is trying to normalize a season in which he is on the way to breaking negative records as soon as possible. The zero in the victory box is not the only slab to be upgraded. There’s more. Mostly in the defense division.

After 20 days of playing, the French greens have yet to finish a game cleanly.. He left a goal with his remarkable performance against Villarreal. In addition, Elche conceded at least one goal in all four draws this season. It’s a bit of information that speaks to the defensive bullshit the green-greens have been at least until now. And it’s one of the flaws that needs to be resolved in order to believe in permanence.

Edgar Badia has always had to shoot from his goal this 2022/23 season. And he did it despite his good campaign, because he’s probably the most outstanding player on the team and generally the only one to get the pass right now. Catalan goalkeeper 81 stops announced, drew the day with Fernando (Almeria), who is in the second place among the goalkeepers who interfered the most in the First League. Ahead of them was the Argentine Ledesma (Cádiz).

Defensive fragility prevented Elche from scoring despite Edgar’s “miracles” with some saves. Not so against Villarreal. The Franjiverde goalkeeper didn’t have to interfere much, but made a move in the first half where he saved a goal from Yeremy Pino with a score of 1-1 on electronics. It was the period when Elche suffered the most for the dominance of the Castellón team.

Offensive success followed, and Badia’s good work was accompanied by defensive cover from behind, which was not the usual disposition of the course. This is how the first victory came and should serve to get the first clean sheet.

Last time edgar badya He finished a league match at Betis (0-1) without conceding a goal on the 33rd match day of the 2021/22 season. Therefore, if we count the duels against Osasuna, Cádiz and Atlético from the previous championship, there are 23 games that go without the goalkeepers enjoying that particular victory.

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Leaving a clean slate in the next match will not be an easy task. time to visit real Madrid, with offensive arsenal. Also, the team led by Carlo Ancelotti have won the league title uphill and they can’t relax if they don’t want to fall further behind Barcelona despite the tough schedule they have in the coming weeks.

Still, Elche and Edgar Badia will look for zero, perhaps in the least expected scenario. If they do, they will go down in the history of the Elche club, because in the previous 25 visits the French greens have always conceded in the official match between Elche and Real Madrid.. A principality they’ve never won (four draws in the league, last with Militao’s discounted goal last season, and another in the King’s Cup for best loot).

The closest the option to return undefeated from Chamartín was in 1970, when the men led by Otto Bumbel defended a first-half goal by Lezcano until the 84th minute and a desperate Madrid hit the pitch. Zunzunegui defeated Mendoza, who replaced Araquistain, the starting goalkeeper who was injured ten minutes ago.