The lurching that Málaga gives when it plays at La Rosaleda and does so outside cannot be easily explained. No ufologist, not even Iker Jiménez, could find the key that clarifies why the best venue is the worst visitor with painful numbers. Three draws, six defeats with 19 goals conceded and only six scored.
Far from home, Málaga shows an unseemly face of a Second-class club. Lack of mentality, no tension, excess relaxation, nursery defensive errors, turnovers, gifts to the opponent, lack of finishing, failure to finish and lack of resources. It’s already been seven months without adding three as a visitor. But the way they lost in Burgos has outraged the anchovies fans. “We have been on a roller coaster since day one,” José Alberto López summed up perfectly.
Escassi’s apologies
Alberto Escassi, one of Málaga’s captains, was sad and crestfallen after being replaced by Ismael Gutiérrez. His subsequent demonstrations confirmed this first impression. “Very hard afternoon. Regardless of the result, we have to be self-critical. We have to see that we do not compete as the rival does. If you don’t compete 100%, what happens happens. They win you all the duels, we do not leave concentrated. It is a series of things that led us to do this game. They beat us in all facets of the game “
Escassi goes further. “This in Second does not forgive you, it cannot be. We have to wake up. It cannot be that at home we give a performance and this happens outside. We have to solve it now, the days go by and we have to cut it as soon as possible. We apologize to our fans that they spent the time, money and the weekend to get those kilometers to support the team. I am very sorry as one of the captains ”.
The search for a midfielder
José Alberto admits the need for a midfielder to be found in the winter market. Luis Muñoz’s serious injury has left a void that could not be bridged. And on top of that, Ramón Enríquez has been broken for two months and Jozabed has also been injured. Ismael Gutiérrez, a player on loan from Atlético de Madrid, is participating very little and in Burgos he came out in the minutes when all the fish was sold. He has only played 52 minutes spread over four games.