Two new smiles shine brightly at Elche CF

Diego González and Raúl Guti are back. Elche’s first team in the first friendly match In the summer, the team managed to beat England’s Rotherham United by a minimum margin, thanks to Mourad’s goal.

They completed the game newcomers San Román under the sticks and Álex Martín on defense, local players Rodri, Dídac and Salinas as well as the most usual players: Eze Ponce, Pere Milla, Josan and Nico.

After the first half of the alternatives, but without clear luck, the Argentine coach almost completely changed the team for the second half and brought in Edgar Badia, Lautaro Blanco, Pedro Bigas, Boyé, new Aleix Febas, Fidel, Mourad, Clerc, Pamies and Adam after the break.

good atmosphere

In the last training sessions, it was possible to see a generally good atmosphere among the athletes and in particular the smiles of the two professionals mentioned at the beginning stand out. And the fact that players have already exceeded 200 hours between sessions and concentration. Aries also cares and cares about each and every one of the men he has.

diego gonzalez

The Andalusian centre-back only played 15 minutes with Beccacece in twelve league games in the First Division. And it was against Barcelona, ​​the first meeting of the new coach, where everything was decided. It was practically not counted for the Argentine, and despite having another year on his contract, everything seemed to indicate that the central defender would be one of the discards in the summer.

Later González was on the bench in seven games (Osasuna, Girona, Valencia, Celta, Rayo Vallecano, Almería and Atlético de Madrid). The defender suffered a muscle injury during a training session where he worked hard every day to find an opportunity. and Getafe, Sevilla and Athletic Club de Bilbao were not available. On the last day he returned to the bench against Cádiz but remained unplayed.

Beccacece’s game ideaHe used Omar Mascarell and later John Chetauya as a center to get the ball sensibly from behind, He left the competition from Diego González. Admittedly, touch play is not his specialty, but now there are new circumstances that may cause the coach to trust him even more. Mascarell is gone. Also Gonzalo Verdí, Enzo Roco and Lisandro Magallán. Only Álex Martín has arrived. And John will be gone for at least four months.

game idea

Elche coach wants players who can play the ball from the back and join the midfield to gain numerical superiority, and these are not the characteristics of a Chiclana de la Frontera defender. Diego González has always shown himself to be a great professional, with a desire to learn and meet the demands of the coach.

The footballer is working hard this summer to stay at least until June 2024.thus fulfilling his contract.

The goal of sports management was to get a few more defenders before John got injured. In this case, Diego González would have had a harder time, but you can see from his smile these days that the defender is strong and confident in his luck.

Raul Guti

Raúl Guti’s case is different, but with similar implications. It counted too little for Beccacece. Only two starts in 12 games. The last one is on April 23. The most expensive transfer (5 million euros) in Elche history, it had the worst period of its season not only as a team but also individually.

It has never fully met the expectations placed on it. He signed a five-season contract in 2020. It also loses its strength with each passing year. In his first year, he was arguably the first player to play 36 games for Almirón and Escribá and made 33 appearances. In the following season (2021-2022), he gradually lost his first role with both Escribá and Francisco. He played in 31 games, which is not bad, but his start was down to 17 games, almost half of the previous season. Her Last season was the worst with 28 appointments and just 12 in the first team.

However Raúl Guti continues to be referred to as the summit in Elche. Especially in the Second Division and with the departure of men who almost always passed him, like Mascarell or Gumbau, and now John’s forcible withdrawal. Neither Carmona nor Collado, although Alexi Febas arrived.

Sometimes probability evaluated by Raúl Guti back to Zaragoza, the coach is Fran Escribá, who owns him, but his contract expires in June 2025, two years later, and Bragarnik does not want to give up the player. Of the 5 million he paid, three are amortized, but two remain, and these will be difficult if negotiations are established.

ambitious target

The situation at Elche is against the continuity so far, but the staff has been away from the negativities it entered last year for months. The target is ambitious. Raúl Guti doesn’t give up in every practice this preseason, when he sees a championship gesture in the first game at Beccacece.