It looks so close it’s hard to believe it’s actually so far away. Two points distinguish Hercules from the promotional promotion. One match. The road to get there doesn’t even seem difficult, as two of the three rivals Alicante has to face are very affordable: Alzira and CD Ibiza, both in decline, in isolation. almost descended.
Two dates at home and one outside. Everyone would have made such an ending, anyone who hadn’t seen their team play at home under José Rico Pérez. 22 points lost more than half this season Lolo Escobar in front of the team (13). With the man from Extremadura on the bench, three of Hércules’ home matches (Teruel, Mestalla and Olot) were lost and two were drawn (Terrassa and Mallorca B). You have to go back more than a month to find a victory celebration on the field with the fans standing. Since Father’s Day (March 19), Rico Pérez’s legitimate tenant has not added three points.
The blue-whites were able to win only 6 of the 15 matches they played against Rico Pérez, where they collected 22 points.
angel rodriguez Only once in the league he crashed at home, “fire” near the box that doomed him, causing Lleida (0-4) to rout. He also failed against La Nucía in the Copa del Rey and confirmed him four times at the end of extra time (2-4).
Fifth place is so cheap in group 3 that only here, in the current state of Hercules, there may be options to play post-season. In the other four sections of the second RFEF, all describing “play-offs” Saguntino Athletic, the opponent that should be hunted right now. It has 45 points less than Compostela (50 in group 1), Gernika (49 in G-2), UCAM (50 in G-3) and Villanovense (48 in G-5).
51 POINTS
Last year, he wore Mora’s suit 8 times more than the current suit.
► Row 5 in G-3 is the cheapest in the entire Second RFEF. A playoff in any other group would have been out of reach for Hercules.
4 EARNINGS
De Lolo Escobar in 9 duels directed against Rico Pérez
► They lost 3 matches at home (Mestalla, Teruel and Olot) and got two more draws. While he was on the bench, they took 13 points from Alicante.
19 MARCH
Hercules’ final victory in the stadiums this season
► Defeating Formentera on Father’s Day (March 19), Blue and Whites lost to Olot and drew with Terrassa.
The present Hercules worse than last seasonwho had already finished the course very badly with disastrous results. Sergio Mora He had 51 points at this point on the course, 8 more than Escobar.
but above all Data that drives Alicante team away from promotion promotion, the most discouraging is the number of victories in a row. The blue and whites are “doomed” to win the three remaining dates to secure the regular stage, a milestone that didn’t happen this season. The Leonese coach has only once tied two wins together (Prat and Espanyol B at the start of the track) and Don Benito’s two wins added six points in one go (first by Saguntino and CD Ibiza, followed by Badalona and Prat). ).
The first of three victories that Hercules must achieve by the end, alzira at home, non-negotiable. Everything else depends on it. Matchday 32 hosts three important duels: Espanyol B-Manresa, Mestalla-Saguntino, both on Saturday and Prat-Terrassa on Sunday, parallel to the clash at Rico Pérez (18:00). If the blues and whites survive a bearish block, one of the weekend’s other outcomes is likely to benefit them. For better or worse, when you step on the grass, you will encounter two people.
if you finish it dry glory moon At their stadium this week, they’ll face off in a different way in the next match, called a key commitment, against one of the group’s most fit clubs, Saguntino, in the second round. But for this to happen, you need to defeat Alzira.