Espanyol plans a 4-4-2 to join Dimata and Raúl de Tomás

Just landed Nany Landry Dimata In the Espanyol dressing room, in fact this Thursday he was in his first training session with the group – on Tuesday he stepped on the Sports City, still in a continuous race and alone waiting to pass the PCR tests that LaLiga sends by protocol – but Technician already has plans for him. Specific, Think of a variation of the more common system that Vicente Moreno usually has so that the Belgian striker has a fit and improves the performance of the team.

A 4-4-2 is the drawing that they suspect in Espanyol, much less from the beginning this coming Monday in the Anxo Carro against Lugo, but when Dimata has coupled enough with his new teammates, to optimize the offensive game, something stagnant in recent weeks and excessively dependent of the goals of Raúl de Tomás. However, the 'top scorer' could be the great beneficiary of this retouch because the former Anderlecht striker would be in charge of fixing the center-backs, receiving their backs to the goal, which would bring the Madrilenian closer to a habitat, the rival area, from which he lives far away in some games.

In addition, it is not an alien scheme for Espanyol, which already retreats defensively with two points, when pressing high, and that in attack also has used it in some phases of numerous matches, especially in second parts, with Javi Puado being almost always the companion of Raúl de Tomás. Indeed, this novelty It will lead to another debate about who should be the victim from the usual headlines.

Own Puado and Nico Melamed, players in clear strength, would be the ones with the most numbers to leave a lineup in which Dimata and De Tomás appear, which would leave even less minutes for others who have already lost ownership lately, such as Óscar Melendo.

Anyway, nothing is permanent and there are many days ahead and a multitude of game situations to remove pieces. And more with five changes ahead. What the winter signing of Espanyol brings is a new profile, a new variant of the game, that the Parakeet team did not have. And that is always welcome.