Elche hits rock bottom before national team break

But Franjiverde’s defeat at the Camp Nou and Friday’s win over Valladolid de Pacheta at Zorrilla in Cadiz, thanks to a goal by Álvaro Negredo in extra time, now gives Francisco’s men the dubious honor to occupy the red light of the classification. leaving. In addition, ilicitanos remains the only team that has yet to win in the highest category this season.

Currently, Francisco’s men have only been able to add 1 point from the 18 previously played. This was against Almería, a recently promoted player at home and especially who has been in bad times since Sadiq was sold to Real Sociedad. The rest were five defeats that could be classified as generally acceptable, but this being stacked up at the start worries the situation.

Losing to Barcelona, ​​Villarreal, Real Sociedad, Betis and Athletic in a total of 38 matches shouldn’t be too alarming. Even if he did not do this, in any case, he was clearly inferior to his competitors. However, the calendar placed these matches in the first month of the competition and Elche came out very poorly in the test.

The arrival of the FIFA breakout for the national team matches dispute comes at the best possible time for the franjiverdes to work as best as possible and get back to the competition. Unlike last year, Francisco will not see any of his players leave these days, so he will be able to work with the entire existing roster.

The calendar excuse will start to lose weight after the break, but Elche will face appointments against direct competitors who need it much more, which can cause concern. The first test will be held against Rayo in Vallecas on Monday, October 3rd. Francisco won’t be able to sit on the bench on that appointment. While Pol Lirola will save Omar Mascarell and Pere Milla, he will not field Gonzalo Verdú with a suspension or possibly injured Pedro Bigas.