Enzo Loiodice fuels the debate in the team’s midfielder

With a feeling of jinx. It could well have started like this Enzo Loiodice 2022, then after having tested positive for Covid-19 upon returning to work in Las Palmas after the Christmas holidays, he injured his right shoulder against Tenerife in the first match of the year. He couldn’t even finish a game that he started as a starter, and he didn’t play a week later against UD Almería.

But nevertheless, Last weekend’s break has been good for the French footballer. At the moment, Loiodice trains with the group and could arrive in time to travel this weekend to Fuenlabrada, where Las Palmas plays this Saturday (5:15 p.m. island time).

When it occurs, his return feeds the debate on the double pivot that Pepe Mel likes to use so much. Waiting for the replacement of Sergio Ruiz, a figure that the coach himself does not stop insisting that his team needs, it is time to decide. There are two squares and, at the moment, three opponents. Due to the characteristics of his game, unique in the Las Palmas squad, Mfulu seems to be a fixture, so Fabio and Loiodice could enter into a beautiful fight for a position. It is not ruled out either, but the options are fewer, that they appear together, as so many times this course.

for now, Fabio is the most used of the three. The midfielder from Ingenio, who took advantage of Mfulu’s absence so well in his case, has left starting in 13 of the 16 games played. In his case, 11 of those starts have taken place in the last 11 days. He has been on the pitch a total of 1.218 minutes, in which he gave an assist. Knowing when to risk, with the ball, flourishing here one of the main virtues of their game, they have been effective 752 of the 865 passes he has attempted, which raises his success rate to 86.94%.

For your part, Loiodice has competed in 19 of the 23 matches of Las Palmas, in which he had time to accumulate 1,208 minutes played. In his case, the percentage of success in the pass reaches 85.85% (637 of 742).

Handcuffed after the muscle injury suffered in Anoeta on October 29 and which kept him from playing for more than two months, the importance of Mfulu in Las Palmas goes far beyond statistics, always so indisputable. Has been starter in 10 of the 11 games he has played, leaving only from the bench at the Heliodoro, precisely the day of his return after said ailment. drag 782 minutes and an exquisite pass effectiveness of 91%, since he has only missed 38 (384 good out of 422). Both his teammates and his coach speak equally highly of his solidarity and defensive effectiveness and positioning. “He gives us 100% of what we need from a player in that position,” Pepe Mel has insisted.

With the market in full swing, the offices of Las Palmas are working hard in the search for a new midfielder. Meanwhile, what there is generates a blessed debate.