Immersed in a sea of doubts. This is how the players of the Unión Deportiva Ibiza will arrive at the match that they will play this Wednesday against Real Valladolid at the José Zorrilla stadium (19 hours). The celestial are going through their most delicate sporting moment since they are in the Second Division and they are the worst team in the category so far in October together with Girona. Both are the only teams that have not yet scored in the third to last month of the year, which still have several more stages to go.
Juan Carlos Carcedo, coach of the Ibizan bloc, bet against Mirandés for a ‘revolution’ in the starting eleven. With respect to the previous duel in Cartagonova, he introduced up to eight new faces to turn around the situation in which his team arrived, with two consecutive defeats and, above all, having been shipwrecked falling thrashed by 5-1 in Murcia. Fran Grima, Juan Ibiza and Morillas returned to defense; Pape Diop and Appin acted in the midfield, with Nono and Bogusz on either side, as well as Guerrero at the second end. Against those of Miranda de Ebro the image was better than against Cartagena, but the result ended up being the same: a new defeat, the third in a row.
The main problem remains that Ibiza cannot keep a clean sheet. Only in two of the ten games that have been played has he finished without conceding goals. But, in addition, it fits many goals. Those of Carcedo already accumulate 16 goals against, and there are only two teams that have more. It is about Alcorcón, the bottom player, who counts 18 goals against; and Cartagena, who is eighth and has received 17 goals. In addition, also with 16 is Amorebieta, penultimate classified in the competition.
In this context, there is already a debate around Can Misses: the change in goal, giving Germán Parreño a break to offer minutes to Álex Domínguez. The latter, who arrived on loan from UD Las Palmas, He is the only one of the first team of the Ibizan team who has not yet played in Segunda with Ibiza, so he continues to wait for the opportunity to show his worth.
There are only two men left in the sky blue squad who have played all the official minutes (900): the mentioned Germán and the central David Goldar. So far, the only untouchables for Carcedo.
To the sangria of goals conceded in Ibiza, the lack of aim was added this Sunday. Not even Guerrero’s starter entry, for the second time this year, nor the return of the Pole Bogusz after playing with the U21 team of his country, they relieved the sky blue in the offensive section, which for the second time this season were left unmarked.
Castel, who has three goals and is the top scorer for Ibiza along with Bogusz, accumulates a month without seeing a goal. He has not scored since he did it in the Las Palmas field, on September 11, in the game that ended 1-1. Fight and fight are not lacking for the Madrid attacker, who lately has not been having fortune in the auction.
After this Wednesday’s duel against Valladolid, one of the great favorites to go up to First Division, the Ibizans will host Fuenlabrada at home on Saturday. Then, they will visit Alcorcón on the thirteenth day, in a duel that is scheduled for November 1. Encounters in which Ibiza needs to react so as not to enter a dangerous spiral that further undermines the confidence of Carcedo’s players.