Natxo no da con la tecla

Malaga is still in decomposition. At the Reale Arena he surpassed himself again for the worse. Other horrible game of a team without soul, without plan, plagued with shortcomings in all areas of the field and under the direction of a coach whose appearance in the blue and white dressing room has not brought any improvement and has only added one point out of 12. Natxo González does not hit the key and his footballers, to whom the fans no longer pass one, crawl on the grass.

The Vitoria-born coach’s starting plan when he took over the reins to replace José Alberto was to put an end to the loss of goals conceded. But there is no progress in that sense either. Málaga has conceded seven goals in four games and has stopped looking at the opposite goal. He is incapable of generating chances regardless of the rival’s potential. To contextualize, Until this Saturday, Real Sociedad B was the worst venue in the Second Division and had not won a home game since the first day, August 14. That is the level of this Malaga in ruins.

The change in the bench has had no effect. Natxo González does not seem capable at the moment to get the team out of the well in which it fell months ago and in which it sinks a little more each day that passes. As for the footballers, it rains on wet. The template is much worse than it implied in the initial stretch of the season. The performance of practically all the signings is minimal and the youth squads have stagnated. There has been no news of the forwards throughout the year. What happened to Antoñín in Zaragoza was a line in the water, the illusion generated by the winter signings evaporated in the second game, the defensive line is butter, Escassi is not even the shadow of what it was last year and other players like Brandon, Jozabed or Jairo are absolutely insubstantial.

The concern in the club is maximum because the drift of the team is very negative and the sensations do not predict improvement. The fans are fed up and are already pointing directly and openly at the pitch after José Alberto left. This Sunday a large group of followers (around fifty) even approached La Rosaleda to rebuke the team upon arrival and ask for explanations for the umpteenth embarrassment suffered in San Sebastián.

The threat of relegation is now real. The poor level of Amorebieta, Fuenlabrada, Real Sociedad B and Alcorcón made permanence guaranteed. The mattress is six points at the expense of what Amorebieta does this Monday against Leganés. Málaga is already seventeenth and the next outings are precisely to face Amorebieta and Fuenlabrada. A reaction is urgent or the situation could end up being dramatic.