Often the most effective way to overcome is blows. To get up, you must first fall. In this sense, Few clubs have had more hits lately than Hercules.. Few have fallen so far. But even after years, the blue and white formation still lacks the ability to learn, stand up and get back to the place it deserves in professional football.

Ten years ago, in June 2012, Hercules showed his last true smile.. Led by Juan Carlos Mandiá, after finishing fifth in the League, they qualified for the play-offs of promotion to the First Division. Four matches separated him from returning to victory. However, the Alicante team faced Alcorcón de Anquela and were eliminated despite not losing two qualifying matches (1-1 and 0-0).

That same summer ten years ago, Hercules attempted to build a seemingly ambitious project to take the missing step. That’s where the decline started. The season has started badly (2 wins in 10 days) and the course has barely improved to ensure permanence. The following year, the desired step forward was taken backwards. Hercules exited professional football, which he never managed to return.. In 2022, it’s two steps away after the restructuring of the non-professional categories and the Second RFEF falling into the well.

Enrique Ortiz’s bet this summer has been revolutionary, with mistakes and bad decisions taking away fan property more than ever before. At least in principle. Carmelo del Pozo is no longer at the helm of sports, and his place is occupied by Paco Peña, one of the last players to achieve legendary status among fans, the first-person shooter of the club’s descent into hell. Sergio Mora is replaced by Ángel Rodríguez on the bench. A technician with a resume that has no ties to the Being but invites you to trust that he can find the keys necessary to make a level of Hercules.

From there Hercules is being built 2022/23. Coming from promotion to First RFEF with Pontevedra, a team of writers can be sensed made in the image of Rodriguez. A team where the men are above the names. And a team of hungry and ambitious football players.

Some come to justify themselves after degrading their careers (Carlos Abad, Marcelo Djaló, Jack Harper…) it was.

Ten years after his Primera dream in the promotion play-off against Alcorcón, Hercules wants to wake up from his nightmare. The only way to do this is to face the current situation, know that history has not won a match in the Second RFEF, and stick to the style of Rodriguez, a coach with very clear ideas.. This is the first step in getting up.