Sergio Pellicer will have to deal again with a high number of casualties against Cartagena. Malaga have already traveled with five relevant absences to Fuenlabrada (Caye Quintana, Jairo, Escassi, Ismael Casas and Hicham) and for Saturday's game they will again have another good handful of unavailable players. Caye Quintana, Juande and Chavarría will miss it due to suspension, while Jairo (injury to the hamstrings of his left leg) and Hicham (muscle tear in the left quadriceps anterior rectus) continue to recover from their muscular injuries and will not be available either. Escassi drags a strong bruise on the heel of his right foot since the match against Girona and he has still not trained with the group, so his presence, except for radical improvement in the next few hours, is also practically ruled out.
Yes you have any option to be available Ismael Casas. The canterano has done a large part of this Thursday's session with the group And he could be on time, although given his résumé of muscle problems this season (he has suffered up to four minor injuries) there is a possibility that the coaching staff will choose not to force his comeback.
So things, Pellicer has five confirmed casualties, a sixth practically certain (Escassi) and Ismael Casas between cottons for a match that is presented as an opportunity to confirm the excellent feelings that the team transmitted at Fernando Torres and, incidentally, improve his performance at La Rosaleda, where he has only added 9 points of the 21 he has played until now.
Málaga will finish the sixteenth matchday in seventh position and just one point behind the playoff spots, whose cut is currently marked by Ponferradina, with 26 points. This Saturday's duel against Cartagena can serve to settle the Blue and Whites in the wagon with the applicants to fight for a place in the promotion phase of promotion to First Division. At the club they firmly maintain that the goal is permanence, but Pellicer and his players have already made it clear on more than one occasion that they will be “very ambitious”.
