Malaga CF suffered until the last moment last season to return to the Second Division. That last-minute goal by Antoñito Cordero brought the team back to professional football. From August, Málaga CF will have the mission to settle down back in the category. It will not be easy if we stick to recent history. It is true that the Martiricos team is a classic of the Second Division, but it is also true that the newly promoted teams are accustomed to paying a high price in a very structured category.
One fact that helps to understand that Málaga CF, as historic as it may be, faces a very demanding season is that of the last 40 teams that have made the jump to the second category, More than half of them were relegated at the first opportunity or just in the following season.. On the other hand, only Three managed to climb to the top category in that period.
That is, in the last decade, 22 of the 40 teams that went up, they barely lasted one or two seasons in Secondproof of the difficulty of settling into a very tiered category.
An image of the celebration of Málaga CF’s agonising promotion. / Gregorio Marrero
This past season, without going any further, it happened to Amorebieta and AlcorconBut is that Andorra and Villarreal Bthe other two that were relegated to Primera RFEF, had been promoted in 2022. The rule is fulfilled again.
Racing Santander o Albacetefor example, have had to rise up to three times since 2014 to achieve a certain stability in the now called LaLiga Hypermotion. The team from La Mancha has been the only one to have played in the play-off just after being promoted or in their second season in the second division.
The only team that escapes this kind of curse is the Mallorcawho returned to the First Division in 2019, just the campaign after his arrival from the then Second B to Second. Two promotions in a row which are not at all common and which the Vermilions had already achieved before between 1959 and 1960.
The motives
The salary cap is undoubtedly behind the hierarchy, as well as the muscle and help of those who are relegated from the First Division, which reduces the capacity for surprise and hinders the progress of those who come from below. Málaga CF knows what to expect. Settling into professional footballfirst, think about bigger challenges, later.
2024-07-21 18:01:21
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