The rise of the sides

Dídac Vilà as an example. Last season the left-back played 30 games, only two of them started on the bench and came out in the second half. This course has already accumulated eight games played, three of them as a replacement. Supported by the new regulations, Vicente Moreno gives flight to the wings, a common change in the 11 games played. Against Lugo, in the 82nd minute, Óscar Gil and Dídac replaced Miguel Llambrich and Adrià Pedrosa, a circumstance that is not new this season.

Apart from rotating them in the line-ups, Moreno has substituted them up to nine times in a game. Óscar Gil came out against Oviedo for Adrià Pedrosa in the 84th minute, after the Catalan has been the protagonist in attack with the action of the penalty that unraveled the result. In Sabadell, the same man from Elche replaced Miguelón in the 71st minute, while Dídac came in for Pedrosa in the 86th minute to defend the aerial game. Up to six times Miguelón and Óscar have been relieved in a match, such as against Tenerife, Rayo, Málaga or Alcorcón.

Apart from the benefit of the new regulations, the physical wear of the wing players is greater than that of the rest of their teammates. They are the only ones who are forced to reach the baseline and defend close to the centrals. Proof of this, on Saturday, Pedrosa was the 1-0 assistant and then had to defend the attacks of the Lugo team on that side. The average position of these players is in the midfield, with the defensive requirement that they must also meet.

The previous season, Pablo Machin He also tried to squeeze the physical aspect out of his sides with your 3-5-2 system, he also turned this rotation into regular changes. In fact, the five changes have allowed for more variations in this demarcation, renewed in recent years.