The Copa del Rey opens the door wide for Málaga’s unit B. After the disaster in Burgos, where the blue and white team consumed a new embarrassment at home (there are already too many), Jose Alberto He took out the whip and was very critical of his footballers. “To win a game you need to win duels, be aggressive in both areas and the reality is that we have not won any. We have been missing from the game. And it cannot be allowed,” the Asturian said without hesitation.
The team has a double test ahead of it this week. The first is an important test for those who have had fewer minutes. Players such as Jairo, practically unpublished, Ismael Gutiérrez, Ismael Casas or Iván Calero will have their opportunity to claim. Also Dani Barrio, whose transfer from eleven to the bench gave rise to a debate that has not yet been completely stifled.
Others like Antoñín or Sekou, who are gaining presence in the starting team but that they have not finished being at the level that two of the team’s banners are assumed, They can also have redemption minutes against Peña Sport (Thursday, 7:30 pm). Like Cufré, who has gone from more to less and has ended up giving his place in the eleven to Javi Jiménez.
They are also expected to play a leading role youth players like Roberto and Kevin, who were substitutes in Burgos and point to eleven, Like other Malagueño footballers like Haitam, very much liked by the coach, or midfielders Quintana and Dani Lorenzo.
Malaga – Amorebieta, a key event
Malaga will barely recover between the Cup and the league clash against Amorebieta, which will be played less than 72 hours later (Sunday, 4:00 p.m.). That will be another key appointment for a team that is intractable at home (23 points out of 27) and that will have to return to the lost path in El Plantío before its public. There will be numerous changes between one match and another but the requirement will be the same: win.
A victory against the Basque team would appease the prevailing malaise in the environment and in the dressing room after the blow suffered in Burgos. In addition, it could move the team into the playoff zone, from which it is currently only one point away.