Racing de Ferrol and four games to believe

In the last three weeks, three of the strongest clubs in the League visited Archangel. Of all of them, the only one racing managed to do what they didn’t even know how to do alcorcon nor Sports. gain. Show ambition and faith. And to solidify the idea that gives the whole green tide the right to sleep. Cristóbal’s picture is already the second one. Only one point behind the leader. And with four dates before that ferol they have to live with the satisfaction they already have play in his pocket (soon he will become a mathematician) and with the ambition to be the first, which his other competitors are already afraid of:

alcorcón (66 points)

On Saturday, a visit to Riazor

Those of Fran Fernández are going through a period of doubt. Far from the level they showed in the winter, it is now much more difficult for them to do their matches. His schedule is not easy. They have two complicated exits: to Riazor (this Saturday) and to Feud San Fernando. At home they must get Mérida with options play and Sanse (last day). Racing tied him for goals (0-1 in Santo Domingo and 1-2 in A Malata) and are generally tied in goals for (49) and against (23).

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surfing on a good wave

Racing has four more games left in the regular season. The most complicated, a prioriIt should be this Sunday (6 p.m., InSports) in Salamanca, against the Unionists. Then they will meet the failed Badajoz, visit the evicted club Talavera and finish the competition in A Malata against Celta B. So, they are in a great situation to fight for a place in the direct classification. Also, play He is practically assured: the sixth leads with 11 points, and 12 more are at stake. Even if he loses everything, only a disaster would prevent him from playing.

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The best calendar

And the second team of Real Madrid arrives at a good moment in the end of the championship. White’s advantage is their calendar. If Alcorcón has to visit Riazor and Racing the Unionistas, Castilla’s opponents all correspond to the bottom of the table: Ceuta, Culta, Fuenlabrada and Algeciras, respectively. The first and third games of that series, in Valdebebas, and the second and fourth, at home. Racing got a goal for him.

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Entrusted with multiple caroms

The people from A Coruña won only one away game in the whole year 2023. And that was two and a half months ago, against the last club Talavera. Given that, and that it is normal for him to need all four wins for first place, it seems that it is difficult for him to correct his course. And what’s more, they recently lost their top scorer to injury (Alberto Quiles). The blue and whites have to face Alcorcón and Algeciras and visit Linares and Pontevedra (last day). Racing lost by a goal against Dépor.

The Mérida error, the only blemish on a nearly flawless file since January 15th

Races scare with their numbers. Since they were defeated by Celta B (1-0) on January 7, just after the Christmas holidays, Cristóbal Parral’s team has had a spectacular career. The best among the teams that make up the upper part of the table.

After that 18th round, the Greens were fifth with 30 points and five behind Deportivo (fourth), eight behind Castilla (third) and nine behind leaders Alcorcón and Córdoba. In those 16 games played since then, Racing have added an unheard of 25 points more than the Blanquiverdes and 8 more than their other promotion opponents.

Of those 16 games played, Cristóbal Parral’s players won 10: 3-0 and 0-3 against Sanse, 0-1 against Alcorcon, 3-0 against Fuenlabrada, 2-0 against Pontevedra, 2-1 against Algeciras, 4-1 against Rayo Majadahonda, 3-1 against San Fernando, 1-0 against Linense and 1-2 against Córdoba. In addition, it picked up 5 draws: Castilla, Ceuta, Culta, Linares and Deportivo.

The only setback was that fateful match on Sunday morning in Mérida, in which the Greens did not find their best football, and despite everything, with a late reaction, they almost came close to a draw (2-1). A total of 35 points were scored out of 48 possible.

bad weather

Racing lost only seven games in the entire championship. And the six arrived in a period of two fateful months, which coincided with the phase of serious injuries to the full-backs (Pumar and Luca Ferrone). Between October 30 and the aforementioned January 7, the Ferrolans lost to Fuenlabrada (1-0), Unionistas (0-1), Linense (2-1), Deportivo (2-0), Alcorcón (1-2) and Celtic B (1-0). Meanwhile, they drew with Mérida (1-1) and beat Pontevedra (0-2) and Linares (2-0).

That fateful streak, which if he had better controlled it now, would have allowed him to be a solid league leader, also came after a magnificent first 9 games. And that is that at the beginning of the league, Cristóbal Parral’s players registered 7 wins and 2 draws. 23 points out of 27 possible.

Now, with four days to go, Racing has a chance to do something really big. Confirm promotion to another league.