Soccer | 2nd RFEF
“They have speed and quality; in fields like ours they feel very comfortable and it will be a difficult match”, warns the Real Murcia coach
Atlético Levante’s ninth position in the table is misleading. Above all because it is a subsidiary loaded with young promises that are characterized by their quality and irregularity. They are teams that suffer in the first person the ups and downs of the first team with which many have been summoned throughout the course. The illusion of being able to debut in the First Division and the dreams of greatness mean that the subsidiaries are not always rocky, reliable and regular teams every day.
That is not the least bit so that in Levante Atlético, as in the rest of the second teams of entities that militate in the First Division, there are soccer players who could easily be playing in the Second Division. In the Granota subsidiary, attackers like Jorge Padilla (Las Palmas, 20 years old) attract attention. Loaned by Tenerife and with five games behind him in the Second Division, he is a versatile forward, who likes the ball and who moves well between the lines. He also drops to both flanks and is difficult for opposing defenses to score. He has 3 goals and Enrique Roca is a stage that fits his soccer qualities.
Omar Faraj, a 20-year-old Swede of Palestinian origin, was until just a few weeks ago Levante Atlético’s great offensive reference, although the Granota defeat at the end of January against Pulpileño relegated him to the substitution. However, this pure center forward that Manolo Molina liked, has 6 goals and is characterized by his physical power. Faraj has found the appearance of a Toni Alcaina who has stolen the limelight, another traditional striker who has scored 4 goals and who opened the scoring last week in Levante Atlético’s victory against Hércules.
THE MOST DANGEROUS
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Jorge Padilla (20 years old)
Add 1,247 minutes and three goals. He is not a ‘9’ to use since he has good handling of the ball, he plays between the lines and can fall to the wings -
Omar Faraj (19 years old)
He is characterized by his physical power and his positional game. He goes well over the top and has already scored six goals in 1,453 minutes. -
Toni Alcaina (21 years old)
In recent games he has taken away Faraj’s prominence. Alcaina is also a classic ‘9’ who has already scored four goals
«It is a First Division subsidiary with a very high quality, both collectively and individually. It’s going to make things very difficult for us. It is one of the most complicated games that we have left at home until the end, ”says Mario Simón. Levante’s subsidiary has suffered the bad campaign of the first team: «After the change of coach they are recomposing themselves and they come from winning away at El Ejido and Elda, and at home against Hércules. In addition to quality, he has speed and players who go with the first team. In scenarios like Enrique Roca they feel comfortable, ”says the Real Murcia coach from La Mancha.
Retrieve Carrasco
Real Murcia has been penalized for lack of goalscoring in the last two games, a stretch in which Andrés Carrasco, Grana’s main gunner, was not as successful as in previous weeks: “He has tremendous ambition and personality. The only thing you have to transmit is confidence and tranquility. We already did it in the summer when many people doubted. Having chances he is going to score goals, it is rare that he does not get it right in certain situations, but he does not worry us either that in twenty-four games there is a day that he has not got it right. He works day by day, you have to be blind in Carrasco. They all have to add up.”
Real Murcia faces a momentous clash in the fight for the ‘playoff’ and leadership. But first he must recover the goalscoring instinct lost in the last two games: «In recent weeks the feeling in the locker room has been one of rage and impotence. Against Socuéllamos we left with the feeling that we had enough chances to win. In Pulpí we needed to arrive with more people to the auction. We have to use all that rage to beat Levante Atlético, a team that has beaten the best in this group and that is going to make it difficult for us too, ”says the coach of the Grana team.
In addition to Real Murcia-Levante, La Nucía will visit Eldense, Intercity will visit Marchamalo and Hércules will receive an El Ejido that has woken up and has won three of the last five games played in the League.
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