Cádiz said goodbye to Ramón de Carranza this Sunday amidst joy and bewilderment. And it is that the Yellow Submarine has assured its permanence in LaLiga Santander for the next season, but yesterday's defeat against Elche by a resounding 1-3 left the cadistas with a bittersweet taste in their mouths. Álvaro Cervera's idea was always to go out to compete, regardless of the result, but the reality was that the team came out too relaxed, perhaps as a result of the permanence already achieved, and without the necessary concentration to get the game ahead in a satisfactory way.
The balance of this season at Carranza has been devastating. Cádiz has only managed to add five home victories and five draws. 20 points that leave it as the third team that has scored the least at home. The lack of the fans in the stands has been a factor that has taken its toll, but it has been the same for all the clubs until this last day. Finally Cádiz said goodbye to its temple as it greeted it, with the defeat.
It was the lack of intensity and concentration that punished the team and Cervera expressed it.or, “Without intensity, very chewed things up and without being focused on what to do at all times, we are a vulnerable team.” And that vulnerability is what makes the Cádiz team end up always defeated by several goals against. “You can lose, but not that every time we lose they score us three goals. What I see I do not like, “said Cervera.
Now there is only one game left so that the team can say goodbye to the competition with the victory and thus put a beautiful close to a historic season for the yellows by not only achieving permanence in the First Division, but also achieving it with three days to go, a fact that it had never occurred in the history of a centennial club. Next Friday against Levante, Cádiz will look for that victory that puts the finishing touch to a great season in the elite of national football.
José Mari and Álex Martín showed their disappointment at the defeat
The captain of Cádiz, José Mari, spoke to the official media of the club after Cádiz 1-3 Elche and stated that the rival “has entered well, they have given us some chance of danger, then we stabilize ourselves. We balance the problem of the playmaker who he got in between the center-backs. We went to halftime with a good result, at the beginning of the second half they scored us and it was already difficult for us to take the initiative. With the team overturned they made us the third. but it couldn't be. We will try to carry out the next one. “
He also acknowledged that “when they make you both goals and get ahead it is difficult to re-activate and squeeze in these circumstances. We must congratulate Elche who has played a good game and is just the winner.”
The Roteño made his debut as a scorer from the penalty spot. “It had to be a penalty, I have not had the fortune to score a goal from another play. I wanted to dedicate it to my children. Very happy for the goal, but the pity is the defeat. It will not tarnish the great campaign we have had. We will work to get the three points on the last day. “
Finally, he reminded the Cadista fans: “We have missed the fans, Carranza without them is not the same. They take us on the fly. We are looking forward to coming next season. Hopefully we will once again make Carranza a magical stadium with our people “.
Also Álex Martín, a Cádiz B player, spoke with the club's official media in his second official match with the first team and stated that, despite the defeat, “I think the team competed well. We have not had the fortune to fit in. goals, but the team has worked well. You can see that Elche is playing not descending. They have tightened more. There is nothing to reproach. I adapt to what the team asks for, I am personally happy. LaLiga Santander is the elite, it is a dream come true. “
The youth squad thanked Álvaro Cervera and his coaching staff for the opportunity to play his second game with the first team in the First Division: “I have been fortunate to have a coaching staff that has given me the opportunity to debut and have minutes in the First Division. I am eternally grateful.”