It looks like there’s little remedy for Elche’s qualifying situation this season. In fact, the Franchiverde club had assumed for months that it was nearly impossible to reverse the situation. A clear example of this was when the locker room agreed at the start of the second round that it would be taken as a new League, as in the classic Argentine or Mexican Clausura tournaments.
The purpose was twofold. On the one hand, park the big difference in the points that were (and still are) with salvation. It was very difficult to recover back then. One of them is a chimera. And on the other hand, find competitive motivation, assuming it’s more likely than once relegated to the Second Division. improving Elche’s image in such a disastrous season. So fall with pride.
Elche’s coach at the time, pablo machineand the few heavyweights in the locker room openly acknowledged that this particular Clausura could serve as a motivator to not get caught up in the final weeks of competition and above all to boost the confidence of the group if good results and competition are to come. the desired permanence distance was cut.
7 points in the second round
However, considering the results of the second round, the situation of the Franjiverde group is not positive at all. The first victories came (two to be specific), but Elche added just 7 points in this part of the competition.. Before starting the day this weekend, no other team had done less.
Along with the Elchelis, both Valencia and Espanyol had 7 points in the second round matches.. Curiously, the three teams in the relegation zone qualify for the silver category of Spanish football. Rayo Vallecano and Almeria were ahead with 8 points, while Mallorca and Valladolid had 9 points in their lockers.
Sporting’s negative record is about to be broken
Sporting de Gijón’s 13 points in 97/98 is another of Elche’s goals to surpass so that he does not enter the Spanish league record book this season as the lowest score ever scored. The people of Elche have already matched this and are trying to get over it as soon as possible. At club level, Elche from 88/89, who added 15 points, would be another negative record to be surpassed.
Although it continues to be in the lower ranks in this imaginary Clausura tournament, the progress made by the green-greens compared to the beginning of the season is remarkable. At least until the current streak, because Elche hadn’t scored in the last three days with losses to Real Sociedad or even Machín on the bench and defeats against Barcelona and Osasuna. sebastian beccacece in command of operations.
Inside GironaThe men, led by the Argentinian coach, have the possibility of not getting away with their performances in the second round as well. Progress in this particular Clausura will certainly not allow us to continue another season in the First Division, but it will serve to improve as much as possible the image of a club that thinks about the future without forgetting to put a good image. in the present