A double-bottom wardrobe

By proxy, in a context of five changes like the current one, at this point LaLiga teams would be in a position to have given minutes –If allowed– to 64 players different. At the rate of 16 per game. But, at the gates of the fifth day, the truth is that only two teams have already exposed their entire wardrobe and even more. And they are measured curiously this Sunday. Is about Espanyol and Betis.

Has recurred Vicente Moreno to until 25 footballers in the first four days, and what there is members of the first team –Like Miguelón Llambrich, Oier Olazabal, the convalescent Yangel Herrera or Matías Vargas, before leaving on loan to Turkey– that remain unpublished. But the Massanassa coach, paradoxically little lover of revolutions throughout last season in the Second Division, has been adapting to both setbacks and signings, and also to match situations.

Thus, already in the first match against Osasuna he aligned Fran Merida, which has not reappeared, and gave minutes to Gregorio Gracia ‘Gori’, of the subsidiary, and to Victor Gomez, later on loan to Malaga. Against Villarreal, he gave the alternative to Manu morlanes, curiously given by the 'groguets'.

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* Data updated as of September 16, 2021

The same happened with two other signings, Loren Moron and Aleix Vidal, against Mallorca, a game in which he also had minutes for example Alvaro Vadillo, who seemed destined to leave. And last Sunday, against Atlético, he gave his first minutes to Oscar Melendo and Fernando Calero, who also had to be replaced by the young Lluís Recasens, the last to play so far.

Only Diego Lopez and Leandro Cabrera have played every minute, despite only taking four rounds, while Raúl de Tomás, Oscar Gil, Adrian Embarba, Nany dimata and Nico Melamed They have also had the opportunity to participate in all the matches of a Espanyol that, in the entire LaLiga, only surpasses one team, and for a very special reason.

If he Betis has counted to date with 26 footballers different – one more than Vicente Moreno – is, among other reasons, because before his departure, In the match against Cádiz on August 20, Manuel Pellegrini gave Loren four minutes, currently in the blue and white ranks.

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* Data updated as of September 16, 2021

In the case of the Verdiblancos, the goalkeeper Rui Silva and the Espanyol youth squad Victor Ruiz lead the standings with 360 minutes, while Nabil Fekir, Sergio Canales, Joaquin Sanchez and Borja Iglesias placeholder image, another old acquaintance of the parakeets, have appeared in the first four days, against Mallorca, Cádiz, Real Madrid and Granada.

And, unlike a blue and white outfit that has had all week to focus on his clash on Sunday, and to recover some cash that he missed the last match but had already debuted in this League, it will fit wait if Pellegrini will continue to expand the green and white wardrobe for a mere matter of exhaustion after having debuted this Thursday against Celtic Glasgow in the Europa League.