The Fuenlabrada still has a few bullets left in the chamber. The month of March, with the duels against Burgos, Zaragoza, Malaga and Oviedo, could be defining for the azulona season. If Pellicer’s men come out ‘alive’ from these four duels, they could play the permanence in a season finale full of duels against direct rivals after visiting complicated fields such as Tenerife or receiving a whole Ponferradina. Both teams would be the only two playoff teams that remain to be measured against the Azulones, at the moment.
Victory is the only thing worth to a Fuenlabrada that fell to penultimate place in the standings this day and making Fernando Torres a stronghold is vital for that. The first date, the visit of Burgos, ‘relaxed’ in the classification and a bad visitor. If this win is achieved, the climb in the table would not be as important as the moral ‘high’ that the team would suffer to visit La Romareda and put Zaragoza in troublelaunched and until recently rival of the Fuenlabreños for permanence.
After the visit to the Aragonese capital, another of the days marked in red would arrive: the visit to Malaga. The people from Malaga still haven’t started with Natxo on the bench and, to date, they close their salvation with 33 points. Winning would not mean only three points since it would also put the Andalusians in the fight to avoid relegation. Lastly, Pellicer’s men would travel to a Tartiere that does not want to be left behind in the fight for the playoffs.
Without too much margin for error
Fuenlabrada have exhausted almost all the margin of error they have. With twelve games still to play (36 points at stake), Pellicer’s men should add 24 points between now and the end of the season to reach the ‘magic figure’ of fifty points for salvation. This would mean adding more than half of the points (66%).