Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 01:17
Cartagena enters a very busy and, at the same time, very delicate month. This Saturday against Racing de Ferrol (Cartagonova, 4:15 p.m.) the most important phase of matches of the first round begins, with seven matches in a period of only 29 days and with the obligation to start adding points in order not to be left behind and avoid In this way, the situation of a year ago is repeated, when the albinegros came to be eight points away from permanence. There are many matches in a short space of time and the margin of error, after adding six defeats in the first eight days, is reducing.
This Saturday, of course, they will only add the three points, which are worth double because Racing de Ferrol is a direct rival and because the team also needs to quickly erase the disastrous image it gave last Saturday in Tenerife. Pablo Cuñat, Sipcic and Vukcevic are certain casualties in Cartagena, while the winger Bebe, called up by the Cape Verde team, is the most important absence in the Galician team. Midfielder Luis Perea will also not come to Cartagena, who suffered a hamstring injury in the last duel against Elche.
After the duel against the Ferrol team there will be an equally important exit. Efesé will visit the New Arcángel to seek victory against the recently promoted Córdoba, a direct rival in the fight for salvation. Iván Ania’s men, who have three more points than Cartagena at the moment, are becoming stronger in front of their fans at the start of the season. They have added 8 of the 9 points they have in their stadium, where they beat Deportivo (2-0) and Racing de Ferrol (3-1) and tied with Burgos (2-2) and Málaga (0-0) .
Tough rivals
The first midweek match of the season will come on Wednesday, September 23, when Jandro Castro’s men host Eder Sarabia’s Elche at Cartagonova. The team from Elche has not started well, although in their last outing they beat Málaga at La Rosaleda (0-3). Cartagena will finish that week of three games playing in Anduva, a stadium that has been very bad in recent seasons and where Mirandés is being a real rock in this league start.
Thus, Alessio Lisci’s men conceded the first goal in front of their home crowd last Saturday against Granada, a duel they faced with the opportunity to take the lead but ended up losing (0-1). The defeat came with controversy, since Mirandés insistently demanded a penalty at the hands of Ricard, Granada defender. The play continued and, in a textbook counterattack, Weissman scored for Granada. With only three goals, Mirandés is the least beaten team in the Second Division.
October will end with the first round of the Copa del Rey, whose draw will be held tomorrow. Efesé will almost certainly play in the field of a 2nd RFEF team, with the obligation to advance to the next round. The club received more than 300,000 additional euros in the last three seasons thanks to always advancing to the round of 32 of the tournament. This year, with an urgent need to increase extraordinary income, making it to January in the Cup alive is essential.
The start of November will also be tremendous for Cartagena. Deportivo (home) and Málaga (away) will be the rivals on the 13th and 14th matchdays respectively. These are two recently promoted players whose only objective is to maintain their position and who are expected to spend the entire season moving towards the bottom of the standings.
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