The tenth day and the Cordoba CF He’s starting to have some emergencies. Their poor results away from El Arcángel so far (one point out of fifteen possible) mean that every home game is already a final. And this Friday (8:30 p.m.) before Cartagenaan obvious direct rival due to its worse ranking than Iván Ania’s team, is one of them.
Especially when the green and white team begins its singular tour de force of five matches in seventeen days, with two interweekly matches (the second of King’s Cup with a trip to the lands from Girona to Olot).
If they do not get the three points against the Murcia team, Córdoba CF’s next step will be in The Sardinero and against the team that so far has been more consistent in this first quarter of the competition.
Today’s rival, an old acquaintance from the promotion to Second Place in 1999, won precisely one of the two matches played on Cantabrian lands. The last precedent for the clash dates back to 2012 with the victory of the Cordoba in Second (2-0).
The Albinegro team has changed coaches. Jandro replaced Abelard in a start to the championship with only two victories in nine matches played. Home triumphs (Elda and Santander) and all else lost.
Ania emphasized in her previous press conference that the new style is more combinatorial and more pressing, seeking superiority in the center of the field with good physique. Among the visitors, Kiko Olivas and Ortuño like old acquaintances.
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Despite this, the Cartagena team has almost the same number of goals conceded as Ania’s, who also look for this style of pressure and possession of the ball.
The Cordoba coach is recovering troops for this period of matches. Today you can count on Carlos Isaac, Matías and Kuki Salazarwhich emerges as a replacement for Zidane (sanctioned) in midfield and moving Jacobo to the wing – although he could also leave the Madrilenian in place of Théo if Salazar is not optimal -.
This doubt could be resolved by another with which the Asturian is playing on the run these days: the return of Adilson to the left wing. The rest of the alignment It doesn’t look like this will result in any more doubts than the usual eleven.
Indeed, during his appearance on Thursday, the coach did not want to talk about rotations to face these next five matches in seventeen days, but rather about “going to the immediate correspondence“.
And all the more so since this evening’s event would leave “a very important message victory to get some air in the standings,” Ania said, until the away sequence was interrupted and the ghosts were scared away.
