A year ago Jon guridi Y Martin
Merquelanz they shone with their own light in the Mirandés. Both were indisputable starters and their weight in one of the fashionable teams of Spanish football was unquestionable. His return to Real in the summer after his loan was taken for granted and his additions were seen as two important reinforcements for a season that was full of matches. However, 365 days later the Azpeitiarra and the Irundarra live their lowest moment in the Real, with a prominence that has decreased notably, especially now that the League has remained as the only competition in which the txuri urdin club is still immersed.
Muscle problems caused Guridi could not debut with the Real until last October 25, before the Huesca, in the seventh day of the League. He started in a game until a new muscle injury took him away from the pitch for almost a month.
He returned in a big way, being the most outstanding player in the victory of the Real in Saint
Mamés. The praise was unanimous, linking several meetings in which he alternated titles with substitutions always accompanied by a leading role over the green. He played 24 minutes at La Cerámica against Villarreal and, without really knowing why, he was ostracized.
He did not even play against him Cadiz nor before him Getafe. Neither in Turin before him Manchester
United. In front of Alaves had 24 minutes and in Old
Trafford, 18. But again in Valdebebas against Real Madrid, he did not enjoy a minute despite the fact that in the face of Merino's withdrawal due to suspension almost everyone was betting on him as a substitute. On Sunday against Levante it was barely 9 minutes of play to add 51 in the last seven games. Not a full match.
The situation of Martin
Merquelanz it is not better, rather the opposite. The Irundarra arrived after scoring 15 goals for Mirandés but, like his teammate, a preseason injury – lumbociatalgia – prevented him from playing for Real until the beginning of November against Celta in Bullets.
From there he had a leading role in 10 of the next 15 meetings. However, after playing the entire match in the Cup against Córdoba, Merquelanz has gone into hiding, playing only 117 minutes in the last 10 games.
Roberto López, another forgotten
In case of Robert
Lopez It is different because we are talking about a footballer who has completed his first full season in the first team, but who started out strong and who, like his teammates, has lost weight in the team.
The Zaragoza player participated in 13 of the first 21 Real matches between the League and the Europa League, scoring two goals. However, in the winter market Robert
Olabe He recommended that he accept a loan to have minutes, something that the Aragonese did not want. His prominence in the last 14 games has been reduced to 80 minutes divided into two games, with three commitments in which he did not even enter the call.