Bordalás will apply the 'Molina method' with Maxi Gómez

One of the challenges that José Bordalás will have this season will be that Maxi Gómez recovers, at his command, the scoring nose. The Uruguayan, despite being a consummate specialist, is with wet gunpowder. Since January he has only scored two goals, both against Valladolid. Bordalás knows that if he finally stays at the club, A large part of the aspirations of his team will depend on Maxi's aim.

But this is not something that the Alicante technician finds strange. In fact, Bordalás is a specialist in motivating and giving tools to his center forwards to recover, improve or maximize their scoring numbers: the Jorge Molina method'. It was October 2009 when Elche signed Bordalás after a bad start in Second. In one of his first trainings Bordalás took Molina aside that so far this season he added a goal, in the Cup, and zero in the League. Molina, after standing out in Second B, had not quite succeeded in Second. The man from Alicante put the man from Alcoy on the couch and He told him that he would score 20 goals if he followed his guidelines. The surprise of the striker was capital who at that time was unable to reach those figures. Molina scored in Bordalás' debut and finished the League with 27 goals, second top scorer. Betis paid 1.5 million plus 0.6 later for the promotion at the end of that season.

Seven years later he repeated the story. Bordalás met Molina again in Getafe in the same situation. He had only scored two goals before his arrival. This time, no talk was necessary. Molina already knew what he had to do with Bordalás, He finished with 22 goals in the Second Division, achieving promotion. Two seasons later he scored 16 goals in First, achieving qualification for the Europa League.

Molina is the forward we identify with Bordalás. But he has not been the only one to whom he has multiplied his qualities. Oriol Riera met in Alcorcón, until then a Barça youth squad that has not just broken. His top in Second was nine goals. With Bordalás he made 18, which earned him the jump to First with Osasuna. Also in the Alcorcón David Rodríguez broke his scoring record: 20 goals in Second Division. The last example is Jaime Mata. The Getafe forward arrived at the Coliseum after being the top scorer in the Second Division although he had never played in the First Division. Bordalás, despite having consecrated strikers, like Molina or Ángel himself, he bet on Mata. And he responded with his best mark: 16 goals in his debut first. Maxi Gómez may be next.