They tried different sources throughout the season with two or three defenders, Francisco, Gallego, Almirón, Mantecón, Machín and now Beccacece. None of them seemed suitable for the next technician. Failures in Elche’s defense this season – admittedly grotesque at times – have resulted in wasting the stability of the pitch where teams start playing. Many of them occurred while picking up the ball from the back.
Enzo Roco, John, Pedro Bigas, Diego González, Gonzalo Verdú, Lisandro Magallán, Helibelton Palacios and even Carlos Clerc have tried the position this year. And one more. Omar Mascarell, who took on the responsibility of lifting the ball with the new coach, The undisputed midfielder so far. With Gerard Gumbau. The most used couple.
defensive problem
Sebastián Beccacece remotely detects problem in defense Since the beginning of the season, he has focused on all of Elche’s options to win. And he came up with very clear ideas. The axis of the team needed a change and Omar Mascarell was chosen for the lead role.
The Argentine coach refuses to evaluate the Canary player’s function in the midfield. “It would be talking about what has been done before.” But “I can analyze what’s going on right now, it’s my responsibility.”
for Becca, Omar Mascarell is a core part of his new Elche. “Omar behind gives us the ability to play, dribble or use those changes with a long pass from the front. For example, we find it in Tete Morente’s goal against Osasuna or in the opportunity Carmona plays against Barcelona.».
At the offensive level, Mascarell’s talent is obvious. And although the team’s situation did not allow anyone to shine this season, it was already well known in Elche. But for Beccacece, the canary’s defensive aspect is also very important. “He’s a player who positions himself very well in duels and occupies the spaces on the pitch exceptionally when the team is in low block mode,” says Coach.
In short, for the technician, “I don’t think we lost by changing Mascarell’s position, but he’s more than just fulfilling what got me into the field.”point.
spares
To put the player on the defensive, another player had to take his place in the middle of the court. It was Carmona against Barcelona. Before Osasuna, John. “I think both the one and the other have the qualities to play in that field. We are more used to seeing Carmona from the outside, but she also has the capacity to do so from the inside. And John was trained in this position at Villarreal,” he explains.
It is very important for the new coach that Elche wants to play with the ball. “The last game was Elche’s most possession of the ball this season, at least in the first 60 minutes. And that’s what we should be looking for. Believing that we can become more persuasive over time to sustain it. The opponent plays too and there is a reality and a moment but if we want a leading Elche we have to work on that.
Coach understands that this new style of play creates “a kind of risk”., but “we need to see the time we are ready to keep control of the ball longer in this process. You have to be patient”.
new opportunity
With this game idea and the belief that Elche has improved in the last two games, Beccacece starts training with the advantage that Mascarell will continue. Now the central Franchiverde will undoubtedly be out of the game against Girona this Sunday. Another name that has practically secured his position is Edgar Badia, but the new coach may want to test Axel Werner before the season ends to decide the future of the Argentine goalkeeper.
Players like Bigas, Pere Milla, Tete Morente, Palacios, Gumbau and Clerc recurred in Beccacece’s two-eleventh. However, ownership can change as long as the coach plans to give everyone minutes to get to know them better and where a player is best known is full competition.
numbers
Omar Mascarell (2/2/1993), Tegueste (Tenerife). He was trained as an offensive midfielder in the Sports Union of his municipality. He reached the lower categories of Real Madrid at the age of 16 and He soon became the brains of the team. He was quickly promoted to Castilla and went on loan to Derby County in the British silver category in 2014. Gijón passed Eintracht Frankfurt and Schalke 04. He has a contract with Elche club until 2025. He has played 25 of 28 games in LaLiga this season with 883 good passes and 143 recoveries – all in the top five. He also assisted the goal. The second most used player, only surpassed by goalkeeper Edgar Badia. Even though Beccacece was the one who delayed her position to seek a change in the team’s ball output, all the coaches trusted her. The position is not entirely foreign to him. He had occupied earlier teams and even with Elche. In September He was out of the field for two days due to a discomfort in his Achilles tendon.. The other match was lost due to the accumulation of yellow cards.