He Cordoba CF He made a big step from last season. In a year where defensive fragility was devastating, the green and white club established itself as one of the safest teams in the Second Division. Even if the beginning … It wasn’t easy for him adaptation period Among the new pieces, the Cordoba goal is now one of the most complicated to reach in the competition.
In addition to once again giving a good feeling against Burgos, Córdoba added a new match without conceding a goal. An event that, despite the significant losses of Rubén Alves and Fomeyem, became a common dynamic in the last duels thanks to the good level of Álex Martín, Xavi Sintes and Iker Álvarez.
More precisely, in the last five matches, Blanquiverde’s team managed to keep a clean sheet three times -against Leganés, Eibar and Burgos-. If you look at this section, with only three goals concededthe team led by Iván Ania is the less beaten of the championship in said period, equaled only with Las Palmas.
With an established defense, at a time when the offensive flow showed a certain lack of vigor until the match against the Burgos team, he has since been safety under the sticks where Córdoba built most of its points. In fact, in these last five matches, the Cordoba team added eight of the fifteen points at stake. A positive harvest which could have been even greater with a little more bite in attack, but which allowed it to climb positions and consolidate itself as a candidate for the title. fight for the play-offs.
Evolution and importance in the Second Division
In this context, after the dispute of twentieth day of Second DivisionCórdoba is located in the eleventh position in the tablejust three points off the promotion playoff places and with a significant seven-point advantage over relegation. A dangerous zone that marks Real Sociedad B and which closely monitors the Huesca, next rival of the green and white team, with twenty-three points.
Coming back to the defensive figures, the draw against Burgos meant the seventh blank sheet of the season for Córdoba, divided between five from Iker Álvarez and two from Carlos Marín. Records that place the green and white team in first place third team of the competition with the most unbeaten goals, tied with Sporting, Albacete and Ceuta and only behind Las Palmas (8) and Cádiz (9).
These data demonstrate the great defensive improvement compared to last season. If we compare the first twenty days, Iván Ania’s students conceded 31 goals with only four clean sheets – throughout the season, the green and white team scored nine in total. Therefore, they only achieved twenty-three points during this period, six less that in the current course and that they are already improving, yes or yes, in the first round of the last competition.
A fact that also reflects the evolution, all the agents of the current defensive line of Córdoba played a key role in Córdoba establishing itself. 23 goals throughout the seasonwhich places them as the sixth team to have scored the fewest goals. Cádiz (21), Leganés (21), Valladolid (20), Burgos (20) and Las Palmas (12) crown this ranking.
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