Jasper Cillessen or Giorgi Mamardashvili, Bordalás decides

If anyone thinks of starting eleven that Bordalás will line up in the Cup final the next April 23rd there is little doubt about it as long as the injuries respect. Gayà, Thierry, Paulista, Soler, Guedes…More or less, the majority of footballers who have more options to play in Seville are defined. However, there is a position that ‘dances’ and not now, but has danced throughout the season: The goal. Mamardashvili started, Cillessen snatched his starting job, the Dutchman was injured, Jaume had his chance… And in the last month and a half Mamardashvili has once again established himself under the sticks. However, starting next Sunday Jasper Cillessen will return to a call. And Bordalás decides.

Bordalás decides why Jasper Cillessen has returned. The Dutchman is ready to play after overcoming his calf injury for which had to undergo emergency surgery and that has deprived him of putting himself in the goal since the past January 22. Certainly the decision that Bordalás makes for Sunday’s match against Cádiz will not have to be the same as the one he makes in Seville in the final, although, after three months injured if the Dutchman did not play several games in a row before said appointmenttheir options to dispute the final would be seen very small since it would come from four months of inactivity. That is why the decision made by the coach is so important.

The data

Games played: Mamardashvili 14 – Cillessen 15.

Conceded goals: Mamardashvili 14 – Cillessen 26.

0 Goals: Mamardashvili 7 – Cillessen 3.

Stops per game: Mamardashvili 3 – Cillessen 3

Market Value: Mamardashvili 5M – Cyllessen 4M

its seasons

The season for both Cillessen and Mamardashvili has been a roller coaster. The dutch started the course injured and that led to Mamardashvili to the starting, who kept his partner at bay for several days despite the fact that he was already recovered. Cillessen did not take his substitution well, because in the summer Bordalás told him in a talk that he was going to be his goalkeeper Although he continued working and it was not until game in Seville, when Giorgi was a bit hesitantthat the goal returned to the goal.

And it was hard to catch. She cost him to the point that for a couple of days the coach was doubtful whether to give Mamardashvili the opportunity again which was working very well. But that did not happen, quite the contrary, Jasper settled down demonstrating their level and Giorgi fell apart morallyespecially after seeing that the Cup went to Jaume Doménech, which led Bordalás to leave him out of the squad on one occasion.

It seemed that the year was going to end badly for the Georgian, but Jasper’s new injury, who dominated the goal with an iron fist, reopened the doors for him. and what if took advantage of it. A goal in the last five games, a remarkable improvement in aerial balls and long passes, his main weak points to date, defensive security towards his defense…

The decision

Bordalás will decide and whatever he does will be fair or unfair, depending on the point of view. The truth is that so far when you have had to choose between one or the other, the balance is a tie. At the start of the season, despite the fact that Cillessen recovered, Giorgi remained in the starting line-up several days. And when the Dutch had a weaker game his decision was to keep him and never bet on Giorgi again.

Today, the reality is that Mamardashvili arrives in an extraordinary dynamicboth for the data already exposed and for the sensations that there are in the coaching staff, where they believe that Giorgi if he continues at this pace he will reach the level of the great European goalkeepers. However, Bordalás has already stated on countless occasions that for him experience is a key factor and in that Cillessen wins, who also has been able to work throughout the break at the Ciudad Deportiva while Giorgi was with Georgia. On Sunday the coach will dictate.