The shames Dépor Riazor

Spring made an appearance in A Coruña Herculine offering a beautiful afternoon to approach Riazor. But the pre-match atmosphere in the vicinity of the stadium would be very different two hours later. Deportivo faced its first game of a series of two in the field against the third best team in the second round, Levante UD, with a mission to leverage its local condition for three points that seemed vital to keep some distance of the relegation zone.

At granota not cost them more than a minute snatch the first oops! to the stands, with a header by Valdo who left high when Aranzubía already sold. Both teams formed with a 4-2-3-1 tactical but could not be more different. Depor, with his back to his area recoiling as the rival Ecuador crossed the field, while the Levant, meanwhile, kept their defensive line as early as possible. This difference is not trivial, but the proposal clearly marked and the attitude of each of the contenders.

A quarter ago, when the Levant was sunk in the standings, and praised the team of Luis Garcia to affirm that it considered that there should be no bottom club (or team in the relegation zone) around the planet, despite their urgent needs , jugase very good football. Confirmation of this hypothesis is confirmed when granota were imposed at Villarreal in a game and would like to have in the Premiership overrated. Two days before winning in El Madrigal (February 5) were rock-bottom, eight days after this important victory has climbed to tenth place, six points ahead of Manchester, 18 º.

Yesterday, in Riazor, Deportivo ate the inside out. Managed the game, defended well the sad local attack, arrived in the area and created Coruña easily have taken the occasion to meet street. Juanlu, Montero and Caicedo (the last until he was injured) was a real headache for the defense Bluegill, who would have died much earlier but for a Aranzubía Dani was the best Deportivo the match (always a bad sign). On the other hand, Depor was a rag doll to look pitiful. It was a team as predictable as lazy, unable to carry out an attack with three players ahead of the ball.

Bluegill parish is a paragon of patience, has his feet on the ground and is well aware of the limitations of your computer. But it is not able to withstand even the most stoic of the fans is to watch their team without desire, without soul, without shame. The vessel was filled when Antonio Thomas recovered the ball a good chance to launch a counterattack and, instead, turned and played back. Coruñeses pivots, the aforementioned and Ruben Perez, do not join the attack never (and I mean ever, ever), among the vanguard Bluegill and pivots attached to the defense whenever there is a fifty-foot solar radio is a feast for the opposing team. One of the two pivots should advance its position because it does not weaken his team, he is doing is getting into the hot zone where you can cut the first output of the opponent and even boost your own offensive.

While Colotto Lopo and skin were left on the balcony of your area and Laure Manuel Pablo and suffered with rapid band players Granot, Antonio Tomás and Juan Rodríguez offered a sorry spectacle. His nonchalance is so obvious, so thinly veiled, that the step was to call for their replacement, especially in the case of the latter, who, with Deportivo ready to go, came to take orders from Lotina and the public, believing that he was replaced, the decision allegedly held a din of whistles. Incredibly, Juan Rodriguez finished the game (someone has to put his head on over two hundred kicks in Aranzubía making a game, I guess).

Luis García changes worked, especially Stuani, which came out in the very first time with the injury Caicedo, and Ruben Suarez, the scorer of the afternoon. Lotina changes (Pepe Sand, Saul and Michael) were not touching the ball or half a dozen times between the three ...In the end, when the tie would unfairly reward the horrible game Depor, fortune smiled on the lift when Aranzubía ate a free-kick from Smith. Nothing to criticize Logroño goalkeeper, who had saved his team on three occasions. The victory of the East was fully deserved and she walks away to six points above the drop, leaving the painful Dépor Lotina in 16 th place with just two points ahead of Malaga and Almeria, 18 º and 19 º, respectively. Much has to change the attitude of some players of Deportivo, but seems unlikely to happen in cases like that of Juan Rodriguez, who out of contract this summer and seems to have the mind away from Riazor. It will discuss in a future post, because it is an issue to be addressed in depth and has more than one responsible in any case.

Video | YouTube (livened up with the great song by Queen Another one bites the dust)