29/10/2023
Updated at 2:38 p.m.
Ten points in the first eleven league games. These are the numbers of a Cádiz team that has lived on a roller coaster at the beginning of the competition, where it has gone from excitement to restlessness depending on the match and that, in recent days, has been on a worrying path that has ignited the voice of alarm in the sectors surrounding the equipment. Against Sevilla, Sergio González’s team rediscovered some of its best qualities and, despite wasting a two-goal lead, recovered its essence and identity. characteristics that had been completely lost in the previous functions.
Be that as it may, the numbers are what they are. Ten points in eleven games achieved in two very different blocks. First of all, adding seven of the first possible twelve: victory against Alavés and Villarreal, a draw (in that way) against Almería and a defeat with honors and a great image against Xavi Hernández’s FC Barcelona. The break came and it didn’t sit well with Cádiz, since, since then, they have only added three of the twenty-one that have been in play. A precipitous fall that has been accompanied by numerous casualties and, in addition, premature expulsions that have well conditioned Sergio González’s initial approach.
It is true that the initial schedule for the yellows has not been easy at all. The away games, with the exception of Valencia, have been against teams that are in a good moment or that are fighting to be in the top zone of the classification. In this way, Sergio’s men have already faced FC Barcelona away from Carranza (2-0), Athletic Club de Bilbao (3-0), Real Betis (1-1), Atlético de Madrid (3- 2). All of them occupy positions in the table higher than the tenth placed team. Furthermore, top-quality teams such as Girona (0-1), Villarreal (3-1), Rayo Vallecano (0-0) and Sevilla FC (2-2) have already passed through the Cádiz fiefdom. Without a doubt, some very difficult commitments that, despite having left the fans with a bittersweet feeling, allow the yellows to focus on the next round of league matches, which will be, ignoring some exceptions, against direct rivals and, therefore, Therefore, competitors for the same objective as Cádiz CF: permanence in the highest category of Spanish football.
In fact, of the eight games remaining to complete the first round of the 2023/24 campaign, six of them will cross the paths of Cádiz with teams that are called to fight, to a greater or lesser extent, to avoid relegation. Just around the corner are two consecutive exits that could represent a turning point in the yellow box. Getafe and Mallorca They are two teams destined to be in the fight for salvation and the yellows need to win no matter what to change the dynamic. Furthermore, losing both matches or getting a very poor return could put Sergio González between a rock and a hard place, who enjoys the trust of the fans, players and management, but who is the first to know how this sport works. and who is the first to have their head cut off when the results are not adequate to achieve the objective.
And the key will be in the games far from Cádiz lands. After Getafe and Mallorca, Cádiz will host none other than Real Madrid and, later, they will travel to Balaídos to face Celta de Vigo, another team on fire. Then Osasuna will visit the Cadista stadium, a team that should not suffer to remain but, at the same time, cannot rest on its laurels either. Before closing the year, Sergio González’s men will visit a newly promoted club such as Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, and will act as hosts against Real Sociedad before eating the grapes. To close the first round, and already in the month of January, Cádiz will face Granada in Nuevo Los Cármenes.
In short, six games out of eight that will mark a before and after for the yellows. Getafe, Mallorca, Celta de Vigo, Las Palmas and Granada are five departures that can be won perfectly and that, in addition, would mean victories of those known as “six points.” On the other hand, the duel against the Nasrids will already be in the winter market, where Juanjo Lorenzo and company must finish shoring up a squad that he needs reinforcement in the midfield after Fede San Emeterio’s injury and that he would not take a dim view of a new force in the back line either. Furthermore, the way the campaign is developing, where the yellow team is flat and predictable in offensive tasks on many occasions, and until it remains to be seen if Robert Navarro is capable of contributing to the attacking production, the shots of the sports management could also Aim for a player who facilitates and unblocks the Cádiz offensive block.
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