The break in the Second Division is coming to Almería like the ring of the finger. Rubi’s men played three games in eight days, with more than a dozen casualties, even bordering on improper alignment against Cartagena. After surviving as well as they could, now the rojiblanco team takes the ten days without competition as a opportunity to recover troops and that the Vilasar de Mar coach has more options for the Lugo match. It will be next Wednesday (9:00 p.m.) when Almería returns to the scene recovering the match that was postponed before the Christmas holiday due to the positive outbreak in the Huesca team.
The appointment is marked in red to return to the path of victory before another key duel, on Monday 24 (9:00 p.m.), when the UDA will host Eibar, a more than direct rival. After Portillo returned to the group dynamics once the Malaga native recovered from his positive for coronavirus, the next to train with the group will be Puigmal and Villar. The midfielder and the forward are already exercising on the pitch, but still apart from their teammates. That yes, everything indicates that they will arrive for the duel against Lugo, the presence of Corteganés being key, as Sousa continues injured.
The Brazilian is not the only one in the medical room, also occupied by Makaridze, Carriço and Lazo, their different recoveries being unknown as Almería did not inform about them. Who will not be with total security for the two aforementioned matches is Sadiq, who this Saturday (5:00 p.m.) will have his second match of the African Cup after beating (1-0) Nigeria to Egypt in the first, debuting the footballer from Almeria.
Samu Costa: “I have gained in maturity”
From the rojiblanco dressing room it is considered that the break will come in handy to recover even more players. “We are taking advantage of this week in which we did not play to get back to the good physical condition we had. The truth is that it is good for us to recover and reach the Lugo match with full guarantees”, says Samu Costa, one of the pillars of the Rubi team. The Portuguese, already owned by Almería, is once again one of the most prominent. Third most used player (1,646 minutes), he acknowledges that he has matured in his second year with the rojiblanca. “Day by day I am improving as a player and as a person. I have gained in maturity as a footballer and it is shown in the yellow cards last year and this year. With Morlanes my position was more defensive and with César more from area to area. It gives me more freedom,” he says.
The Portuguese highlights the defensive security of his team, the least scored in the championship and now without the rude mistakes of previous courses. “Las Palmas always at home has seven or eight scoring chances and against us he had two shots. Defensively we are very good”, points out the former Sporting de Braga player, proud of his teammates. “EThis team has shown that in the most difficult games it brings out ambition, work and attitude. We are going to continue in this line, having a lot of humility. We are in a good position, everyone would like to be first like us and we want to stay there”, he continues, highlighting the humility of the Indálica booth. “The best thing we have is the quality and humility that everyone shows, play more or less. We win many games with people who come off the bench and score goals. The important thing is to maintain this attitude now that there are casualties and return to the speed of before Christmas,” he expires.