Dimata ‘unplugged’

Had to wait 17 minutes for Nany Landry Dimata, the signing of Espanyol in the winter market, will touch his first ball the day that premiered as a headline, against Sporting de Gijón, as a result of the loss due to injury of Raúl de Tomás. A powerful blow from the penalty spot… But from his own area. The Belgian striker searched and persevered, but he was quite disconnected from his teammates, who did not look for him in lateral centers.. “On a physical level it will improve”, added Vicente Moreno.

Dimata's data at El Molinón are cold. Detect a shot, that went away, the one he had in the second half before being substituted, in the 67th minute, and only 12 touches of the ball, among which is that shot or, for example, the serve from the center of the field after the 1-1 of Sporting. Among those 12 touches are also the six passes he delivered – three good and two, in the opposite field – or the two recoveries that he got – for five losses. Also fluffed a foul, committed another, and played five duels, of which he was successful in three.

Precisely his corpulence contributed one of those intangibles that do not appear directly in the statistics, but do appear in the video analysis, such as the high pressure –Making couple with Óscar Melendo– or the ability to drag and pin opposing centers, so that it enables spaces for his companions in attack.

Like Adrián Embarba, or like Javi Puado, with whom he positionally overlapped in many phases of the game, one of those aspects that only time playing together tends to correct. Y It is not at all unreasonable that he can count on a new opportunity on Friday, against Oviedo, at the expense of whether or not Raúl de Tomás has recovered from his discomfort in one knee.