Málaga: From the resurrection of Antoñín and Dani Barrio to the inflection of Natxo

Malaga is still in a transition period. After the dismissal of José Alberto López, Natxo González has directed his second game, both away from Rosaleda with the balance of a resounding defeat (in Miranda de Ebro) and a draw (against Zaragoza). The Blue and Whites have only won just one of their last nine games. Summarizing. Six points out of 27. The team has fully entered the red zone of the classification, the one where one never neglects.

The first analysis of the coach from Vitoria emphasized the need to improve the defensive work, although he admitted that they had problems with “the stopped ball”. Málaga has received eleven goals in strategy plays or set pieces. An aspect to improve.

The revival of Antoñín

The man from Malaga lost the desire to leave after the dismissal of José Alberto and Natxo is giving him confidence. In Zaragoza he scored an anthology goal, his second of this campaign, as in those times that resulted in his signing for Granada. A game with a start and overflow, due to power, by Petrovic and Lluis López. If he improves on this version he will make it very difficult…also for Robert Moreno, who did not count on him for his future Granada.

The return of Dani Barrio

The debate of ‘los Danis’ in the goal, seems to opt for Barrio in this new stage post JAL. Martín was not in Miranda due to injury, but he recovered and aimed to start. Natxo made his decision and Dani Barrio, with his enormous saves, helped Málaga to rescue a point from La Romareda.

Pauline in action

We rescue these words of the Cantabrian made in the official media of the club (MCFTV). “At point we don’t know much, because you manage to get ahead in a very complicated game. At the end of the ninety minutes, we have to know how to value the two games that we came up with, conceding a lot of goals. In the lateral centers we have suffered a little, but we have been solid. And we have to continue working with the arrival of the new coach and continue like this next week at La Rosaleda with our people”. Once again the doubts that this team have with the famous “lateral centers” appear.

Victor Gomez’s analysis

The Barcelona right-back sees things this way. “The team played a good game and changed that dynamic of defeats and conceding many goals behind. We have been very good in defense, and we have lacked to generate more in attack. In the end, it’s a good point” he also highlighted on MCFTV.

Waiting for Adrian Lopez

Malaga has two free chips. That allows him to incorporate players from the unofficially called ‘unemployment market’. Adría López, who finds himself in this reality, has not yet started training with Málaga (without a file, of course) because he is recovering in Madrid from a slight injury. He could be a good booster if he gets fit in time. Because, otherwise, Malaga is not up for many experiments at that point in the championship.