Alhama ElPozo, after a very complicated season off and on the field of play, has managed to get into the promotion playoff, which was the objective since “the first day of the preseason”, as forward Raquel Pinel admits. . The player from Jaen says that, despite everything that happened with the two-year ban on coach Randri García, one of the keys to this success has been the good atmosphere among the players in the locker room. “That gives us a lot of courage and greatness when it comes to facing our objectives,” says Pinel. The Alhama goalscorer dreams of completing the task and being promoted to League F in the playoff.
After a period of six days without winning, last Sunday's 1-0 victory against AEM Lleida, with a goal from Estefanía Lima, allowed them to recover their feelings, in addition to mathematically securing the first step to fight to return to the top category. Even in the team's worst moments this season, such as that fateful streak between February and March in which they did not win games, the Alhama players remained calm. «We knew that we had a competitive team and we were going to find a very competitive league. At some point we were going to have a more complicated streak and we did, but we wanted to add that victory that we needed to reach the last two games with our homework done,” explains Pinel.
Six days without winning
Since their victory against Madrid CF B on February 3, the azulón team lost against Espanyol, Deportivo and Barcelona B, the top three teams in the league. In addition, they added three draws against Cacereño, Albacete and Athletic Club. The victory against AEM, a team that was ahead of the Alhameño team, places the Guadalentín team in fifth position and puts them in the 'playoff'.
Coach Randri García has been disabled since December by the RFEF and cannot carry out his work normally.
Because Barcelona B is fighting for the lead with Deportivo, and the Blaugrana reserve team cannot go up, whatever happens, the sixth-placed team will be able to apply for that place that the Blaugranas leave vacant. This has benefited Alhama, which has ensured its presence in the knockout rounds, which will be played in two round-trip phases, semi-finals (May 5 and 8) and the final (May 12 and 15). Here the third would face the sixth and the fourth against the fifth.
Although the team has been consistent throughout the season, as it has not dropped below sixth place, this crisis of results in February and March has hindered its chances of fighting for higher positions. Their weak point has been the confrontations against teams from the upper zone.
Despite only winning two games against the top-6, Raquel Pinel remembers that those defeats, except against Barcelona B, were by the minimum. “If we connect like we did on Sunday, we are unbeatable against anyone, we are not going to give up against any rival,” she says. Likewise, Alhama wants to win both games to stay higher and take advantage of the home court factor. They are currently two points behind Osasuna, with six remaining to be played.
It must be remembered that its coach, Randri García, was sanctioned for two years last December, for “derogatory and humiliating” behavior towards the players on the squad last year, when Alhama competed in League F. He is disqualified by the RFEF and since then he has not been able to exercise.
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