The painful thrashing suffered in Ponferrada has highlighted Málaga's bipolarity at the start of the season. The team has offered two clearly differentiated versions in its stadium and away from La Rosaleda, where he has not been able to find his best face. The numbers accompany the sensations: a point added and eight goals conceded (two in favor) in his three outings to Ibiza, Almería and Ponferrada.
In those 270 minutes as a visitor, Malaga only kept the type for much of the clash at the Mediterranean Games stadium, where he lost because he lacked aim and was especially candid in the first 15 minutes of the second half, and in a stretch of the second half in Ibiza after being shaken for most of the match.
In Ponferrada it was a broken toy from start to finish. José Alberto did not put hot cloths on the defeat and recognized the tremendous inferiority. The game was an exercise in powerlessness. Confirmation that the equipment is not the same when traveling. At La Rosaleda the Blue and Whites have been intractable and have passed over their rivals for many minutes. This was the case against Mirandés while the physical endured him (0-0) and also against Alcorcón (1-0) and Girona (2-0). The seven points added and zero goals conceded in Martiricos contrast with the records harvested away from home.
Malaga's bad numbers as a visitor are among the most discreet in the category. Only two teams show worse results at home, Huesca and Girona, although in both cases they have only played two games away from their stadiums in which they have not been able to score any points.
The next revalidation for José Alberto's team will take place this Sunday at El Molinón (16:00). A new litmus test before the second classified in which a more than necessary reaction is expected.