Lugo’s rival this Sunday has added only 10 points from the last 24 in play
16 mar 2024 . Updated at 6:19 p.m.
If there is any entity in Spanish football that represents the soul mate of Club Deportivo Lugo, it cannot be other than Ponferradina. Two soul mates who, hand in hand, experienced the happiness of promotion to the Second Division in 2012, the adversity of relegation last season and who rarely fail to attend their friendly summer date. Íñigo Vélez’s men arrive at the match ready to correct an erratic second round that has distanced them from the leadership of the competition. A single point in the last two rounds, 10 in the eight rounds of the second round and a low figure of 29 goals in 27 rounds of the championship, do not seem to guarantee an optimal playing time. Another edition of the Os Ancares derby is served (this Sunday, 7:00 p.m., El Toralín, TVG 2).
Discussed scoring baggage
Perhaps Ponferradina’s lack of punch is due to the accumulation of players behind the ball or to the premise put forward by the coach of prioritizing performance over a particularly necessary trust in those responsible for the scoring side, who should receive the greatest support when they least deserve it. . The departure of the team’s top scorer, Yuri de Souza, from ownership, the ostracism imposed on Álvaro Vázquez, a determining factor in higher category clubs and who has accumulated four goals in the six games played with Linares after his recent departure from the Bercian team, could show a deficit of confidence in the forwards that Mendilíbar did not show when leading Aurrerá when Íñigo Vélez was 19 years old.
Winter reinforcements
Ponferradina has made use of the winter market to enhance the competitiveness of the squad. The central defender David Andújar, from Chinese football, the Bercian Borja Valle, repatriated from the Romanian league, and the arrival of Samuele Longo from Greek football, should provide a quality differential in the ranks of the blue and white in the decisive stretch of the season .
tactical drawing
The Basque coach, faithful to the 1-4-2-3-1 game system, modified it in the last matchday – away against Celta Fortuna – to a 1-5-4-1, with Nil disappearing from the starting lineup. Jiménez and James Igbekeme, after the defeat in the Fuenlabrada fiefdom the previous week. With the possible absences of Josep Cerdá and Raúl Dacosta, both decisive and in excellent shape until their respective injuries, Íñigo Vélez’s eleven seems safe, except for a last-minute contingency, Andrés Prieto in goal, Thomas Carrique and Javi Lancho in the full-backs, Antonio Leal and David Andújar as center backs, with the possible inclusion of the recovered Kevin Sibille in case of betting on a shortlist in this position, and with Markel Lozano accompanied by Pablo Clavería or Igbekeme in the engine room, with Borja Valle, Ernesto Gómez and Andoni López as interior or winger and Samuele Longo, as offensive reference.
Direct play as the main resource
The Bercianos show a direct style of play, with little prominence of their midfielders in the development phase, trying to develop their offensive game from the duels won on opponent’s ground against aerial balls. Once possession has been won, they use both the interior channels to gain the back of opponents, and the exterior channels to finish with passes into the area where they show off a brilliant offensive aerial game. Dacosta and Cerdá were also decisive in the individual duels with the ball at grass level, decisive absences for the Bercians in the last few days.
defensive tactics
In the defensive phase, a positioning of the team is detected with the lines very close together, much further back than in the first phase of the championship, accumulating players in the supportive pressure they carry out in their own field.
Contrast in strategy
The brilliance shown in the strategic actions at an offensive level does not have its continuity in his own area, where the lack of forcefulness in individual duels and the poor decision making in monitoring marking constitute a burden that, with the incorporation of David Andújar , has been partially corrected.
Two different concepts of football, but accompanied by the same weak points in the difficulty of finishing chances and the implication of greater defensive strength when the circumstances of the game demand it.
Filed in: CD Lugo Ponferradina Primera RFEF
2024-03-16 17:11:00
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