Fear is an atavistic survivalist that kills you if you don’t resist. Years away from professional football overlap and outweigh like tombstones. This bad experiences The suffering of Hercules in the last preseason seasons perhaps brought too much alarm for the moment the first draft was made. Ruben Torrecilla, Third game in a row for Alicante in the second RFEF.

Three goals in six gamestwo losses, three wins and the last one, a duel against Atlético Baleares (from the higher category), resulted in a penalty shootout after reaching the 90th minute and the score remained unchanged throughout the friendly match.

In fact, transferred to competition, 10 points out of 18Nothing particularly alarming. But the precedent is paying the price, and the ineffectiveness of the strikers is an evil that has driven this existence for more than five years, not a good sign. None of the attackers from the first team saw the goal and everyone has already played, including the last one, big goal hope, Augustine Cosciain the second part of the Estadi Balearic in just under half an hour.

TWO FRIENDS

This week before closing the pre-season

► After returning from Palma at noon yesterday, Hércules, who returned to work at Fontcalent after an afternoon rest, will play the last two friendly matches this week. to be measured with Torrellano This Wednesday (23 August), at 7:30 PM, the preparatory cycle will end with a single duel at Isabel Fernández municipal ground and Saturday (26), Rico Pérez before the start of the competition. will face UCAMin 20 hours.

The three goals Hercules celebrated this summer, Juanmia defender and from the youth team bowelmade two, which meant two wins from second place.

The lack of definition at the top and the miserable specter of the drought at the front shift the focus away from what coaches really worry about in the summer: the tactical rigor of their team. All instructors, at least those who have achieved remarkable things at the end of the course, build their project from the back, give it to them. robustnesscleaning at the exit of the ball, automatisms positioning and regional solutions to the offensive attacks of their opponents. In that episode, Hercules (perhaps not so Hercules) is calm.


Agustín Coscia on the court at Estadi Balear in his debut as a Hércules player. HCF

Only conceded two goalsboth of them Carlos Abad as goalkeeper and both from the penalty spot, neither in the game move. The blue-whites protect their first draw well and the assistants are working, which is a situation that explains the form situation of the team at the beginning of the competition.

With the eleven still to be defined, Torrecilla’s priorities are clear: block together and pressure as high as possible, giving maximum consideration to the quick robbery attempt after loss. This idea, which is great as an assumption, is not easy to put into practice, but for now it’s up to the Alicante team. no seams seen going beyond the large or small presence of competitors that it has ever been measured against: Alcoyano, Santa Pola, Águilas, AFE Sessions, Cartagena B and Atlético Baleares.

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