Duda reinstates Chemi and Rocha but calls up six youth players for this afternoon’s game against Noia before visiting Barça on Saturday
Six youngsters complete the call-up for Jimbee Cartagena for this afternoon’s match (Palacio de Deportes, 6.30 pm) against Noia. The melon team has the safe losses of Juanpi, Lucao, Javivi and most likely Bebe; Chemi arrives just in time, Rocha reappears a month later and Motta will occasionally be on the track, even if he is in some discomfort. The coach, Duda, sees the glass as half full despite the circumstances. “Too bad weather, good face. Smiles and optimism help to heal faster, to change negative vibrations. It is striking and the injuries make it quite difficult for us,” he said ahead of matchday 12.
Goalkeeper Moreno, striker Miguel Franco, winger Ricardo López and center Ruchdi Mohamed are likely to be called up this afternoon along with two other teammates already integrated into the first-team dynamic: Pablo Gallego from Cartagena and Frenchman Amín Benslama, who have this season made their debut with Duda. The melon coach monitors Bebe’s condition (she sprained her ankle in Valdepeñas); he hopes to recover Javivi “in a short time”; and that the star of the team, the pichichi Lucao, will arrive this Saturday (Palau Blaugrana, 6 p.m.) for the meeting against leaders Barcelona.
Jimbee’s top sports manager announced that Motta “will play, even if it is with discomfort”; that Raúl Rocha returns to the talk, “perhaps a little rushed”, as he has been out for almost a month due to a fiber break, but he is “in good shape and we need him”. Duda believes that this scenario allows less ordinary players to become protagonists and others, such as Jesús Izquierdo, Mellado and Waltinho, to take the lead and arm themselves with more responsibility.
The Jimbee coach is still annoyed by certain comments on social networks, from fans asking for autographs in the face of this plague of victims. “I don’t participate much in social networks. There are thoughts that are not real. They tell us there is a record. How to sign? There is no long-term injury, except for Juanpi, who is theoretically back in January. Are we going to draw without chips? It’s 15 chips max and we covered them all. Ignorance is a very big problem in society because you express your opinion without knowing it.
Jimbee won eight of their last ten games and in Valdepeñas (5-2) they ended a series of six wins in a row, partly due to injuries. The Melons are second, three points behind leaders Barcelona and have virtually qualified for the Spanish Cup.
The people from Cartagena play the last four league matches before the break. They are all crucial in determining which position the Spanish Cup is played in, as winter champion or eighth. Noia stays today, Barcelona on Saturday, Jaén on the 16th (Palacio de Deportes, 8.30pm) and Palma on the 21st (San Moix, 8.30pm). “We are in a privileged position and are optimistic for the future,” said the melon coach. Children up to 14 years old can enter for free.
Source: La Verdad
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