The Second Division fully faces the last third of the league, starting this weekend against Lugo and the last 14 games of the competition begin. The one in which the already ex-yellow coach Pepe Mel repeated like a litany throughout the campaign as a goal to arrive well placed.
Las Palmas thus enters this league final phase in a clear phase of doubts. The change of coach has not been followed by an improvement in points. While Mel harvested an average of 1.45 points per game, the yellows with García Pimienta have achieved 1 per game. Although having fewer games, if they beat the Galicians the next day, the average would rise to the one they had with the Madrid native directing from the bench.
Pío XII’s club opened a crisis in search of improved results, at that time the sixth place (Girona) was 3 points away, the fifth (Ponferradina) was 6 and the fourth (Tenerife) moved away to 8. Four days later, the sixth place continues as it was and with whom it was, 3 points away, the fifth has moved to 8 points difference and the fourth to 10.
So that Girona continues to maintain a thread from which the yellow hopes continue to cling. Although more for reasons unrelated to Las Palmas than to their ownbecause as Jonathan Viera said on the pitch at La Romareda last week, “if we want to get into the top six we have to be more forceful” which he added with a sentencing but realistic “at this rate it doesn’t work”.
In the next games it will be seen if the yellows manage to maintain that thread that has them within a match shot of the promotion caboose, because they receive a Lugo who is three points away, visit Huesca who is two and crown with the Girona on Saturday March 12.