13 points. Sergio Pellicer's Málaga has achieved in eight days the same as Víctor Sánchez del Amo's last season in 19: four victories. 13 points that have placed him in an unexpected and very happy co-leadership shared with Rato Vallecano, Fuenlabrada and Sporting. “Who was going to tell us that we were going to have so many points?” the Málaga coach commented.
The Pellicer changes. Málaga's tactical wealth has an explanation, let's say 'scientific'. Sergio Pellicer adapts his equipment to the circumstances. In these eight days he has summoned 33 players, of whom 28 have played. Four different tactical schemes and an apparent alternation of goalkeepers, Dani Barrio and Juan Soriano. Debate in goal? More like competition and rotation. A matter of time that one of the two remains in ownership.
Juande's lug. Tremendous progression of the Cordovan. In the past campaign he started playing as an emergency remedy to cover an injury to Luis Hernández and he has won the position and the professional number. He defends like a champion and is capable of scoring goals like last Thursday against Sporting. The powerhouse of the future.
Ramón Enríquez, the ‘multi-man’. This young 19-year-old player has already made an outstanding leap in quality. His ability to be everywhere and retrieve thousands of balls is impressive. Technically he is very good and never loses his composure.
A ‘Caye’ for Quintana. Not only Malaga. Cádiz has to be rubbing his hands to know that he has a great player on his payroll. It doesn't stop running. Nobody takes the 11 or 12 kilometers away. Fabulous his pass to Juande in the play from 1-0 to Sporting. He has a contract with the yellows until 2022. It seems that he has been in Malaga all his life.
Chavarría, in evolution. The Argentine striker from Mallorca launched his scoring account last Sunday in Zaragoza. He looks like he can give a lot to the Pellicer team.
Making the goal profitable. Malaga has made its defense its bastion. He has kept a clean sheet in five of the eight games played. In the other three games he received all seven goals. In attack there is much to improve. Only five goals scored. The interesting thing is that whenever Málaga scores, they win.
The judicial revolution begins to pay off. The application of the scalpel executed by the judicial administrator (hereinafter AJ) José María Muñoz is giving results in the sense that the club breathes at the sports level and is removing stones from its backpack in the institutional sphere.
But … much remains to be done. AJ still has a lot of fabric to cut. Lawsuits of Caminero and Jofre and another Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, this time to compare the 2019-20 financial year. It is not easy to remove the traps left by the hideous president / tweeter and his idle children.