Nafti revolutionizes Lugo in three weeks: from relegation to playoff

From relegation to promotion playoff. From adding three points out of fifteen possible in the first five days to adding thirteen out of fifteen in the next five. From giving the image of a timorous team that collapses at the first blow to being the fashionable team in Second. All this is what has changed in CD Lugo after the arrival of Mehdi Nafti, who in just three weeks has changed the pace of the albivermellos and excited to a hobby that felt the cessation of Juanfran but that already has a new captain of the ship in the Tunisian.

And is not for less. Nafti adds four victories and a draw after his arrival, just when the calendar was getting steeper for Lugo, also achieving merit triumphs such as 3-0 against Girona or 1-0 last day against Rayo Vallecano. But not only have the numbers changed, since Nafti has managed to change the face of Lugo and is now a brave team in contrast to Juanfran's more defensive style.

Despite the good moment, Nafti is cautious and after beating Rayo Vallecano, he stated that “We know defeat will come, although we don't want to think about it now”. The only certain thing, while that defeat comes, is that Lugo has gone from looking at the well to dreaming of higher goals. The next day, in front of an ocean liner like Espanyol, the albivermellos will have a new opportunity to extend the “Nafti effect” and continue fighting for high places.