What could seem normal in any team in the world, such as repeating a starting lineup, at UD Las PalmasIf it were to happen this weekend we could classify it almost as historical. Pepe Mel, due to various circumstances, among the plague of injuries and sanctions that he has been suffering, nor could carry it out in the entire year 2020 and, given the recovery of key players against Espanyol last day, Yes, he would be in a position to do it against Mallorca next Sunday.
After the elimination of the Copa del Rey against CD Navalcarnero, Mel's men return to “what he feeds them”, as the coach said at the end of said meeting, and they face on this day another of the cockerels of the category, Mallorca, with the aim of repeating the feat achieved against the almighty Espanyol, with a yellow victory, where One of the keys was that the Madrid coach was able to recover his two Sergios, Ruiz and Araujo, who didn't even travel to Madrid for the cup event with their sights set on continuing to accumulate quality training sessions on the island.
The return of the Cantabrian in the medullary against the parakeets It was a breath of fresh air for the Gran Canarians and, together with Javi Castellano as guardian and Kirian on the right, hopefully all three will keep their position in the middle to try to snatch the ball from the Balearics on Sunday. The losses of Christian Rivera, Loiodice and the poor performance of Fabio in the Cup, which ended with his expulsion, clarify the panorama in these demarcations.
On the other hand, as for the defensive zone, it seems more than evident that Mel will repeat the line composed by Lemos, Álex Suárez, Curbelo and Dani Castellano, since, of the four footballers, the Galician and the twin were not summoned for the Cup match and only Curbelo was in the game due to the injury of an Ismael Athuman that, in principle, he was going to be the starting central with Saul Coco. The only doubt, perhaps, could be the inclusion of Ale Díez, with a more conservative profile, on the right side and that he will advance the position of Álvaro Lemos on the far right before the poor performance of a Benito Ramírez run down in its latest appearances.
And up front what to say. Rober's figure is immovable and essential for the insular, since the Extremaduran attacker adds five goals and two assists so far in the championship, being the second player with the most minutes in the squad on the lawn, 1,400. Has scored in four of the six island wins and your participation is beyond doubt with Araujo, if the Argentine is in good condition.
Thus, and in view of the limited contribution of the second unit in the cup clash, that ended with the yellow elimination against a Second BIt would be strange Mel to shake the shaker now that she can finally continue with eleven.