The radar that analysts of Real's opponents use each week to dissect the rivals that the txuri urdin face each day will have run into a well-known threat when radiographing the strengths of Valladolid, the first opponent of the championship this Sunday in Pucela. Fabian
Orellana, who will turn 35 in January, has been in the Spanish league for more than a decade and, in this time, Real has been measured in all kinds of conditions, although that 'rivalry' has become more latent in the last two campaigns and a half, in which he played for Eibar. This summer he decided to sign for Valladolid, which offered him to extend his long career for two more seasons, making him the first major threat for Real this season.
In a Valladolid that largely maintains the block and the coach who saved them last season, Orellana aims to be that source of inspiration in the last third of the field, that touch of magic that he gives them in Pucela the creativity, the goal and the danger that they have been lacking in recent campaigns. That has undoubtedly been the role he has played at Eibar in the last two seasons, especially the last one, in which he was the outfield player who played the most minutes, finishing as top scorer and assistant to the squad, with 8 goals and seven goal passes. The previous season he had also been the best passer (5).
It is clear, therefore, what a Valladolid is looking for in Orellana that, moreover, has come to the market in a timely manner. His most striking maneuver has been to incorporate the top scorer in the Austrian league, the Israeli, for four million euros. Shon
Weissman, in addition to recruiting two defenders who were already in Zorrilla last season, Javi
Sanchez and Raul
Ram. Likewise, the central defender has arrived free from Getafe Bruno
Gonzalez to finish propping up the white and violet behind.