Football, both cruel and kind, is too often measured by what it could have been, not what it was. It is difficult to abandon oneself to the obvious in the permanent search for explanations. that justify the triumph or the debacle. The evidence is almost always hidden and this, this Friday in Palma, was that the visitor, better positioned and planned than the host, was better whatever the result.
I was surprised by the initial training provided by Jagoba Arrasate. More psychologist or judge than pragmatist, he decided. repeat the eleven that, unsurprisingly, won in Butarque against Leganés without taking into account the enormous differences between those of the Madrid periphery and the Levantine ceramics. Marcelino Garcia Toral had studied his rival more carefully than his colleague and opponent and was aware that Antonio Sanchez is not a winger and Asano does not even chase his shadow, He accused Alex Baena and Sergi Cardona in the left lane of turning into a highway with no traffic other than their own. Not only that, but the many local losses due to their own haste and no less limitations, produced counterattacks with numerical superiority poorly resolved, although no less dangerous.
The goal came in a way that no one seemed to know anything about: the yellow strategy on the corners. Neither the Japanese nor the Palmasan knew about tuya-mia-tuya. breaking the marking in the box and the ploy with the vermilion players in the dark, paid off. The situation was getting worse.
It is never too late if happiness comes and although the substitution was as necessary as it was obvious, the Berriatúa coach sacrificed a striker, Domenech, promise, even far from reality, to change Asano’s side and Valéry Square in front of Antonio Sánchez. From the 4-4-2 of the beginning, to the 4-2-3-1 which plugs the escape and gives wings to the loser who finds the reward of his rectification with a fortuitous goal by defender Albiol against his goalwhich had been preceded by another refused for offside of its author, Muriqi.
But destiny was written. It was a day to lose. First of all Lato he raised his leg with excessive danger near the head of Yeremi and left his people one less. There were still 21 minutes left, which finally turned out to be 28; almost half an hour, an eternity. And, apart the book error made by the Samu in the middle of extra time While the present draw had the taste of victory, the bench had made a mistake before. The entry of Mojica to replace the expelled ended up forcing a 5-4-1 broken in turn by the replacement of Antonio Sánchez by Copete who gave the green light to the green that Valery alone was incapable even of keeping the amber. And as always, the pitcher goes so far to the fountain which, although at the worst moment, breaks beyond repair.
It took a little over an hour and a half to highlight poor workforce planningbut we’ll talk about it again tomorrow.
