Eldense will meet old acquaintances in Andorra

Next opponent

The next target is the Andorra team, whom they faced in 2ªD in 1980 and lost 5-to-1. Motivation is now different with the team in the Second League They want to remove themselves further from the danger zone, and if victory is possible, the better.

The Blaugranas are closer to the play-off spots (five) than the relegation spot (six) and sit twelfth in the standings.

However Beyond the importance of getting three points at the Estadi Nacional d’Andorra, Eldense and many of his players will face Manu Nieto and Diego González again.Two football players who left a great memory in the city of Elda with their performances on the field, although they only played for the Barça team for one season.

loaned

Both arrived on loan from the Principality in the summer of 2022. After advancing to second place. Last season they joined the ranks of Eldense and managed to rise to the silver category of Spanish football once again. Despite the club’s interest in keeping them, the response from Gerard Piqué’s team was negative.

Grandson He came to Eldense to prove himself right and show that he had a place in Andorra; He accomplished this very much. The player from Villa del Río had a great season, making 42 official appearances and scoring 10 goals. He became the first player to score four goals in the play-off matches for promotion to the Second League. and his contribution to the team in attack has amazed the Eldense community, who regret not having him this season.

grandchild from eleven

The wind is not blowing in the striker’s face this season and although he is the team’s top scorer with three goals (all three in the same match). Sarabia lacks the confidence to make him the starter. Not featured in the eleventh league since 30 September and plays only the final parts of the games. His league debut was second to none, with three goals and an assist in two games, but Andorra’s three consecutive defeats in the following days cost him the title and the coach’s trust.

González, nine-time starter

The dynamics of Diego González, who was Estévez’s most used defender after Toni Abad last season, are different; He is having a great campaign and contributes to the solid defense that the Blaugranas have managed to build. The defender started without the confidence of Sarabia, but three consecutive defeats at the start of the league left the coach trying to give him minutes. He has not given up the championship since then and has played nine consecutive matches in Villarreal’s tricolor defensive axis.

Next Sunday is the day of reunion, which will take place in a direct duel for permanence.This could serve Eldenses to continue their rise in positions and sink an opponent who will a priori be fighting for the same goal at the end of the season.