“We need to move beyond this category so we can enjoy playing football inside and outside our home.” Rubén Torrecilla asked for it immediately after containing the crisis by winning against Sant Andreu with relative solvency. He said he was conscious that in less than seven days, Hercules would be returned to the rootless hell of artificial turf pitches, where historically its footballers have found it very difficult to claim the highest quality. This season also passes, so they all alerts are on.
on Saturday Andratx (17 hours) It will be the ninth match that the blue-white team will play on synthetic turf this season. Things hadn’t gone so well in the previous eight. Addition of 14 points stopped During their appointments, they step on rubber balls and frayed, tough fibers. Lost half, lost it all in Barcelona and Valencia; and they managed to tie that of the Olímpic de Terrassa.
Chance or causality
Fortunately for those addicted to traditionalist schemes, the three victories this season achieved by playing in boots without real spikes have been in the Balearic Islands. Hercules won Penya Independent Yet Sport Clubboth in Ibiza and Formentera. He now has to fly to Mallorca and he does so in the hope of building on last Sunday’s victory.
It will not be easy to repeat the formula in an environment where the conditions are exactly the opposite of Rico Pérez’s, where the fields are limited and the facilities to run the ball are few. The environment is so unfavorable that no one has yet won in the Municipality of Sa Plana. There, the team leading José Manuel Contreras They have played ten matches and although the balance is not bad, five wins and as many draws, the fact is that Badalona Futur and Espanyol B have already been relegated in Andratx and are suffering from taking a point out of Europa.
No one has won in Andratx yet and the Badalona Futur has already fallen there and it has been difficult for Europe to get a draw
Torrecilla’s plan It stopped working when Artiles left the field for the duel in Torrent. While there, he found some justification for taking the stage without a center. Carlos de la Nava Doing nine-man tasks, playing with your back turned, trying to bring down balls. not having Mark Mendes That day made the coach suspicious of Agustín Coscia’s greatness as he tackled two centre-backs. Vicente Mir, fat, experienced. He did not approach Diego Lorenzo, who was taller than the Argentinian, because he did not have much confidence in him.
Torrecilla won in Formentera with Bisauguinean on top and De la Nava on the bench. He then took the three points from Penya at Sant Miquel de Balansat, without Mendes (injured) and forming a duo with the Salamanca man. Diego Lorenzo good time.
But what worked best for the Extremadura coach was the inclusion of both Mendes and De la Nava in the transfer to Santa Eulalia. At the beginning, the biggest victory of the track was achieved with them. 1-5 It seems so far away now, but this happened just a week before the Christmas holidays. When defeats do not occur in a row but still reality had not gotten any worse.
change of plan
Technician will spend one less day carpet work The person he dedicated to the share in Torrent. Today and tomorrow he will train at Antonio Valls Sports City and on Friday morning he will train at Rico Pérez. Depart El Altet for Mallorca in the afternoon. As we return to physical and tactical routine, only Artiles is guaranteed to take to the field on Saturday.
The rest, including Alvarito, returned from the rest day in good shape. ankle swelling close to sprain What was brought from San Gregorio has almost completely diminished. The fight for first place has begun and duels at home will be decisive, rather than applicants’ endurance of appointments away from home. leadership This leads to a category leap that will put an end to the suffering of the carpet at the end of the course.