Elche CF And Real Valladolid They welcomed the season with these poster of being two of the biggest favorites to fight for promotiondue to their recent relegation from the First League.
But, The start of both teams was not as expected and doubts took over his hobbies.
Franjiverdes could only add four points In four games, three of them at home at Martínez Valero. A very poor record for a team at the top of the standings.
Blanquivioletas have it even worse. They won the first match against Sporting de Gijón (2-0) and then suffered three consecutive defeats: Zaragoza (1-0), Alcorcón (0-2) and Albacete (2-0). and they failed to score.
This bad start Pucelana fans President nails Ronaldo Nazario and calls for protest ahead of match from tonight.
Although it is only the first day, the tough fight of both teams seems very important.. The pressure around them is at maximum and the loser will go into an alarming crisis and their coach will: pezzolano in Valladolid and beccacece They would begin to create doubt in Elche. In other words, it can be said that there are three points in the fight against the crisis.
There’s still plenty of room on the Franjiverde coach. The team’s play deserved more than the four points in its locker. But a lack of goals up front and defensive imbalances punished him, sometimes brutally, in these first four games.
The match between those from Elche and Valladolid an additional diseasein addition to how much is at stake. Sergio Leon He returns to Pucela, where he was until a week ago. AND Oscar Plano He also returns to José Zorrilla, his home stadium in recent seasons and with promotion to the First League.
Openly, The attacker from Córdoban could be the main innovation in Franjiverde’s starting 11. He made his debut against Racing de Santander in the last minutes of the previous day. He now has plenty of options to get started after a week of training with his new teammates. young actor Murad’s loss.
Beccacece is recovering Cristian Salvador and Álex MartínThe player who missed the last match due to injury. Moreover, Borja Garcés and Sergio CarreiraAlong with Sergio León, other recent transfers of the summer market are also more linked. They were on the bench against the Cantabrians and had barely trained. They will continue to be primarily reserve players in Zorrilla, but More chances to debut with Franjiverde jersey.
The Argentinian coach needs to restructure the defence. Carlos ClercThe player, whose condition has been corrected so far, left the game due to the dismissal in the previous match. John ChetauyaThe player, whose rehabilitation process continues after fibula surgery, will also remain away from the fields.
The biggest unknown is who will replace Clerc. Diego González This will be the alternative most similar to Catalan. However, the Cádiz man has been suffering from muscle problems in recent weeks and has not had much confidence in Beccacece since his arrival on the Elche team’s bench. Alex Martin There could be another option and we can form a back three. Mario Gaspar and Pedro Bigas. Salinas even played as a centre-back in some pre-season tests.
The other doubt is the defensive center, for whom Beccacece could not find the ideal player. Cristian Salvador Apparently he was called into this position due to injury. John. But Zamorano also had physical problems. Raul Guti He did not convince and occupied this position against Racing de Santander Áleix Febas did a good job despite being a football player with more offensive features and in the creation of the game.
White-purple unknowns
There are also uncertainties about the starting 11 in Valladolid. The first one is yes pezzolano amount John If no goal is scored, the Uruguayan coach will recover masip; but it will also remain to be seen whether he needs to rely on the youth team again. Quintana choose placement in the middle of the back or Boyomoor Javi Sánchez or David Torresif either of them comes to this meeting in a suitable manner.
In the middle of the field, I could pre-bet: Monchu and De la Hozbut in the previous one he warned that “there are players who need minutes to adapt” and could therefore introduce players such as: Juric, Meseguer or Joni MontielThose who gradually add minutes to their wardrobes.
Since the plan shown against Albacete was a big mistake, the logical thing is that in this new league commitment, Brazilian Marcos André in attackinstead of testing with Iván Sánchez or KenedyThose who stand out more in creating play on the wings.