Espanyol B led the match this Saturday against Valencia Mestalla and finally registered the worst defeat in its history in Sant Adrià. An unmitigated 0-6 in which, to make matters worse, the son (Fran) of the previous sports director, Francisco Rufete, stood out. A defeat that brings back to reality a team that has performed so far above its possibilities Due to all the circumstances that have surrounded Luis Blanco’s team this season. The objective for the blue and whites continues to be promotion to the First RFEF, but for this there must be movements.
Like dominoes, the vicissitudes in the configuration of the squad of Diego Martínez’s team have meant that a good part of the determining players of the subsidiary have not yet been able to play. It’s about talents like Omar El Hilali, Simo Keddari, Luca Koleosho, Rubén Sánchez or, to a lesser extent, Dani Villahermosa himself, the starter this Saturday and who has played eight of the 12 games. This group of soccer players to which we must occasionally add others such as Kenneth Soler or Nabil Zoubdithey usually train with the first team, so they do not participate in the subsidiary sessions.
To this is added the injuries that have occurred during the course, such as Alejandro Pérez, for which Blanco sometimes he has only had 14 outfield players available from his roster to compete each weekend or for training. The coach must also make use of a Juvenil A who is currently in third position in the Division of Honor behind Zaragoza and Barcelona. Except for Juan Becerra, 24, the rest of the players are under 22 and Roger Martínez, 18, is one of the fixtures in midfield.
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However, the subsidiary must be strengthened to be able to aspire to its objective, which is promotion, something that already escaped last year in the first round of the playoff against Arenas de Getxo. There are two ways to do it. If the first team gains troops in the winter transfer window, such as a center-back or a winger, players like Koleosho or Simo would strengthen Blanco’s team from January, without a doubt two footballers as young as they are decisive. It is not ruled out either that the sports management goes to the market to strengthen the second team with the odd signing. Everyone assumes that the current situation is exceptional. The subsidiary needs to resist until January when, a priori, it can compete with many more guarantees.
