Face pablo machine It was a poem to see how his team failed to beat Sergio Asenjo despite the chances gathered. Shots one after the other until you reach 24, ten of them between three sticks. He was the only name entering in the 95th minute, it wasn’t enough for the win. As the tech in the press room himself will admit, frustration is a pretty common trend on this course.
The little Franjiverde kick is a common evil that the team blamed and one of the causes of the terrible season being run. The data is particularly detrimental when compared to previous seasons, where the attacking leg on which Elche had based their last two stays certainly had a goal-scoring use. First, in the casserole. And almost always the latter. There were almost unimaginable stratospheric averages with the team in general, and Father Milla it is among the best in Europe, especially in terms of taking advantage of the few chances created.
This campaign where virtue is lost. And you can see it. The match against Valladolid was the faithful reflection of a mistake that, among other reasons, took the team to the bottom of the table. The green-greens broke the season record against Valladolid with both the total (24) and the number of shots hit (10).. Curiously, the previous record also did not serve to win. Not even a goal: 19 shots from Espanyol, three weeks ago, when they were beaten by the last breath.
The day with the most auctions
Almost a quarter of a hundred shots on goal against the team under his leadership napkin This didn’t just mean breaking the year’s record. Since Elche returned to the First Division in 2020, they had never tried to score so many goals until last Saturday.
Until then, the maximum number was 20 shots (between 5 clubs) against Cádiz on matchday 37 of 2020/21. So, this is one of the two important matches to achieve permanence, and a final against Athletic. That day against the people of Cádiz, the people of Elche pierced their opponent’s stronghold up to three times and received three vital points to continue in the elite.
The match with the most scoring chances last season was the farewell match against Getafe. 19 shots, 9 of which were on goal, a record number that surpassed Valladolid. This match, in which nothing was in question for both teams, was won by scoring three goals.
Denied by goal
Among the general frustration with the error, bad day in the description Lucas Boye, the reference “9” of the franciverdes. Despite a good personal performance, the Argentine was left helpless by the impossibility of not scoring despite trying 9 times. No player who finished many times on this course scored a goal.
In the 2022/23 season, Elche has amassed a total of 249 shots, 79 of which are between three sticks.. Only 19 of them finished at the bottom of their opponents’ nets. Success rate dropped to 7.8%, insufficient to consider permanence. In previous seasons, the franchise success was 11.7% (2021/22) and 12.5% (2020/21). There is a lot of uncertainty, especially for a team that is used to earning very high returns from the number of visitors to the opposing region.
Elche has 13 games left to finish a League with a relegation appearance. The obvious improvement since Machín’s arrival, confirmed by seeing the majority of games with more shots being played with the Soriano coach on the bench, requires a step up in terms of finishing. Pere Milla, who will return to the team after the FIFA vacation, is one of the weapons that should help this after he was injured after performing a flawless performance against Villarreal. He’s not the only one who needs to contribute. Elche needs to save her fist in attack.