The former player of Cádiz and the Spanish Angel Oliva He warned on Tuesday that when a team “drops” in the classification it is “difficult to get out”, although he made it clear that it is “close”, having spent just seven days in the First Division League.
Oliva, in statements to Efe, described as “important” the game that his two former teams will play on Sunday at the Nuevo Mirandilla stadium, scheduled at 4:15 pm
For the former central defender of the 1980s and 1990s, Cádiz has “improved” after suffering five consecutive defeats.
“Little by little” in the victory achieved in Valladolid (0-1), he said, but in the opinion of the man from Zaragoza, “more” in the last twenty minutes of last Saturday against Villarreal (0-0).
“The two weeks without competition was good for them to get in shape, because they had a lot of injuries before,” recalled the 61-year-old defender, stressing about the Spaniard that this summer “he make an important investment” that is not accompanied by “good results.
For the man, Cádiz, according to “tradition”, is “accustomed to moving at risk” and stressed that a victory on Sunday could mean “removing his head” from the lower positions “depending on others pa” of results, and thus be able to proceed in an “upward” line.
During his time as a footballer, Oliva had his first contact with professional football in Spain, where he was “trained” under the orders of Vicente Miera and José María Maguregui, although he did not make his debut.
From that stage, he remembers fellow veterans like Belgian goalkeeper Theo Custers or Canito, Fortes, Molinos and Marañón, as well as other youngsters like the Orejuela brothers, ‘Tintin’ Márquez and Golobart.
He also kept up with other footballers who played for Cádiz, cases of Manuel Padilla, Higinio Vilches or Manolo Zúñiga.
In the Cadiz team, Oliva lived the golden age in the First Division, with a strong presence, forming with Carmelo Navarro in the center of defense for six of his seven seasons at the club and at the same time, among others, with the Salvadoran striker Jorge ‘Mágico’ Gonzalez.
During his professional career, the defender also played for Andorra, Lleida and San Fernando, before hanging up his boots and moving to Cádiz’s technical department.
The man from Zaragoza is tired of training
At the Cadiz club he was second coach with Jesús Linares, Juan Carlos Álvarez, Ramón Blanco, Ismael Díaz, Juan Antonio Sánchez Franzón, Jordi Gonzalvo, Pepe Escalante, Emilio Cruz and Carlos Orúe, in addition to coaching the subsidiary in various stage and performance. other functions on the technical organization chart.
Oliva also joined Jerez-born Orúe as second in command at Ciudad de Murcia, Xerez and Rayo Vallecano, later directing Arcos, Ronda and Sariñena as first coach.
Currently, the man from Zaragoza has stopped training, showing himself “tired” of the schedules, which are “difficult,” he said.
“I had been there for many years and in the economic aspect, football has changed, it is not what it was in previous years and thank God it is not needed,” said Oliva, who is now “calm and enjoying his family,” after spending “many years tied up on weekends,” he said.
Based in Cádiz for thirty-five years, he devotes his free time to golf, a sport in which he is a beginner.
Source: La Verdad
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