The Cordoba Club’s summer market brought great pieces that allowed the Caliphate entity to make a leap in quality, such as cases Fumim, Danny Rekina or even Dallison. But there are other characters who have not met yet … The high expectations they create, one of which is that of Sergi Guardiola. Despite being an undisputed starter for the first seven matches, the Blanquiverde striker is gradually losing his importance to Adrian Fuentes.
There is no doubt that the Manacor striker was the hero of the miraculous 2017-18 season and his numbers are clear evidence of that. Twenty-four goals and eight assists In forty-two games, an income that has allowed them to push themselves against teams that have been, for the past seven years, in First section Such as Getafe, Rayo Vallecano, Cádiz or Valladolid.
With his extensive background in elite Spanish football, Guardiola’s return home was widely celebrated, but he has been unable to change that. Illusion in the results. Despite having Adrian Fuentes and Apolski as rivals in a one-forward system, the Balearic Islands striker was unquestionable for his coach Ivan Anya. During the first seven days, each of them played as starters 525 minutesThat was not enough time for him to re-emerge as a striker for the green and white or score any goals for Cordoba.
“He has the goal inside him and the moment he scores the first goal, it will create peace of mind that will bring him later The goals come in succession», expressed Anya in the face of Guardiola’s goalscoring drought. These statements were made by the Oviedo coach before the match against Real Sociedad B, The last match in which Guardiola started. Since then, Adrian Fuentes’ character has completely meshed with him.
Adrian Fuentes character
Although everything indicates that he will be a second option at the top of the attack, the Madrid native has earned his place Target base. After his performance against Zaragoza, the green and white sword clung to the starting position and logged 825 minutes, which is much more playing time compared to Guardiola. In this period, Fuentes became the team’s top scorer with seven goals, an income that also allows him to be the team’s top scorer. Fourth top scorer in the second division.
Far from being put in a situation, the Manacor native was unable to capitalize 109 minutes Of the nine matches he played he had to play as a substitute. It is also necessary to point out that Guardiola made every effort to achieve this, but it was not enough.
Not encouraging numbers
inside your Abusive charactershe made a total of eighteen shots in which he was on certain occasions very close to scoring, but it was not possible in the end. If compared to second-tier players, Guardiola is the player who… Whoever shot the ball the most without scoring a goal -On par with Juan Cruz del Leganes-. Regarding the data of Fuentes, his rival within Cordoba, the Madrid native made 22 shots, achieving the seven goals mentioned previously.
Already in the present, Guardiola went out with Opolski in a match Two-pronged system In an attempt to close the gap against Cadiz. During the match, the Manacor player had a great chance inside the penalty area which put him in a clear confrontation with Victor Aznar, but as if it were a curse, he lost… The disagreement remained with the goal.
Something more obvious was a Obolsky Which achieved an equaliser, however, it was finally disallowed due to an earlier disputed foul by Jacopo. Undoubtedly the Russian gunner was him More sacrifice He is part of Cordoba’s trio of strikers, although he finished ahead of Antonio Casas last season.
Already this season, he has had to take a back seat by adding thirty minutes in his three league matches, despite his work and his honour. Anya praised After the match against Cádiz, where he enjoyed playing again three months later. “I think the minutes he played were good, battling with the two centre-backs, leaving a lot of second plays in front of us and from there we were able to get out. He trains very well and is always positive In his thinking and behavior, which allowed him to go out without taking many minutes and be at this level,” the coach in green and white applauded.
With Opolski’s number rising slightly, Guardiola will have to keep working to find that long-awaited goal in his second spell with Cordoba. In addition, it will also eliminate the shadow that was chasing you For a little over a year. Sergi Guardiola has been there since the past October 29, 2024 Without seeing a goal in an official competition. He did so in the Copa del Rey by scoring against CD Villamuriel while wearing a Rayo Vallecano shirt.