Las Palmas, with this last victory against Mirandés, has finished sealing the permanence with 53 and he has the playoff just three points, with two days to go. The options are remote, but this is soccer. To have reached this oasis of tranquility, the great architect has been a Rubén Castro, named MVP of June, who is already the top yellow scorer of the season with 11 goals, beating Jonathan Viera's ten.
'El Moña' has been key in this final stretch and in just nine games since the restart he has scored six goals, to give four wins to the yellows.
The first of them was against Almería (0-1), with which it was possible to break the hex that Mel's 12-day winnings dragged without winning, since that victory in Elche (2-3), in the month of December, which meant an extraordinary injection of morale for the squad.
Later, he would also score the following day against Lugo (1-0), at the Gran Canaria Stadium. Two days later, against Elche (1-1) would also get wet again and in the victory to Ponferradina (3-0). After, with his goal in Oviedo (2-1), he could not avoid the defeat of the insulars, but this last meeting He was again decisive to score the penalty for the victory against Mirandés (1-0) and thus ensure that the yellows are calm in the classification in the absence of two dates.
His numbers this season are spectacular, with 11 goals in 22 games, despite being out for more than three months, due to an injury to his right semimembrane tendon, and having a hard time getting back into shape back in January on his return to match dynamics.
To understand this magnificent average, you just have to check that last season he played 41 games and scored 15 goals, so this year, with injury included, it has been overcome and there are still two days to play and could increase its number.
Critics for his age, therefore, remain sterile in terms of the numbers and his great performance, taking into account that he has practically played all year alone on the leading edge of poor sports planning and has had to assume the annotating command, after the departure of Jonathan Viera in December.
Without a doubt, the isletero has rope for a while and, as Miguel Ríos would say “old rockers never die”.