League Two: the head and tail pinch

La Liga Adelante continues its long and tortuous course. Having passed the fifteenth day the first third of the competition, all the fights are open, even more than a few weeks ago. The classification is tight, both above and below, no one can escape into their heads the same way that there is no team that is falling off the hook in their struggle to avoid relegation.

Equality in the places of honor has been increased by poor run of results of Hercules, who has lost some of the advantage he had gained. The herculano have lost three of their last four games, two of them at home, including the derby this weekend, which fell to 1-2 against their neighbors of Elche. Still remain leaders with 31 points. The style of Juan Carlos Mandi team-an admirable defensive scheme and an extraordinary operation of the goals achieved, seems to feel better as visitors: at home have lost three of the eight matches played, while outside only have fallen into a meeting and tied another, adding five wins, some of the depth of that achieved in Vigo and A Coruña. This weekend will be another visit difficult as they will go to the Mediterranean Games Stadium to play against Almeria.

After the leader we have a group of five teams stuck on two points. The Valladolid, after a tie in Cartagena, is ranked second direct-ascent, with 27 points. The next day receives Deportivo, a team that historically has always been very good to blanquivioleta, to the extent that the sportsmanship considered the Nuevo Zorrilla damn field. In third place, with the same points as those of Pucelle, we have to Elche, that coming from less to more, is perched on the head with his great victory in the Rico Pérez Alicante derby the previous day. This weekend will prove its growth at home getting Barça B, that after having the wire Eusebio Sacristan, has improved this month.

The fourth and fifth classified, Almeria and Deportivo, clashed last Friday in Riazor with local victory 3-1. Lucas Alcaraz raised the defensive tactics and gave the ball to Depor. They paid for the error, because if something is branquiazuis have shown that costs to defend themselves and suffer greatly when they have the ball. With the squad to replace Juan Dominguez Vazquez Jesus has so far disappointed in A Coruña, Depor has greatly improved their transition defense-attack and the final victory has become a team with better results as more local and scorer category (with olive trees in southern neighbors). This weekend will be a very difficult match in Valladolid, where they want to dispel the doubts that offers a visitor to move forward on the table at the expense of another direct rival promotion.

The last play-off positions maintained by the Córdoba, despite their 3-1 defeat in Guadalajara. Celtic, meanwhile, drops to seventh place after stringing three straight losses. Three days ago came to the derby with Depor climbed onto a winning streak and in high spirits, but after falling in Riazor, again lost at home to Hercules (0-1) and did the same this weekend in the Mini Stadium with Barça B (2-1).

Meanwhile, below, no one is willing to give up when we took third in the championship. Of the last five ranked currently the only one who failed to score a point this day was the Girona. It should highlight the problems of bottom club Cartagena, to score goals (only 9 carries in 15 games) and defensive strength that has given the Nàstic D'Alessandro, from Argentina who came to the bench Tarragona have not received a single goal against, adding two scoreless his first two victories. Two recent reports negative: Sabadell (my new team), after a great start on his return to the Silver Division, has seven games without a win and Recreativo, a team called to be on top, has been sinking into the classification until the 17 th place, down three points and ten of the climb.