UD Las Palmas: when patience is bitter, but your goals are sweet

Las Palmas and Celta close the eighth day of LaLiga EA Sports this Monday in a match of dire need for both teams to draw five points below the table after an irregular start to the season.

The key to the match was in the defense of the five, basically ‘suffocating’ UD Las Palmas; Pimienta suggested circulating the ball with speed to break down the light blue defense. The truth: The last time Celta played in Gran Canaria was in 2017, in the First Division, and won 2-5 with a hat-trick by Iago Aspas. It was also a Monday, and in the month of October.

Within Celta coach Rafa Benítez He hasn’t quite hit the mark yet, and he already assumes they will need to go into the winter market to tweak a squad that, at the start of the season, seemed seemingly incapable of fighting for anything other than avoiding relegation.

The Gran Canaria team will need to be stronger at home to confirm this purpose of permanence. In his previous home game, he celebrated his first victory in the championship against Granada (1-0), which was almost a coincidence: in extra time and with fewer players, after completing one of their worst matches.

García Pimienta is expected to play again from the beginning with the most common ones, such as Alex SuarezSergi Cardona, Enzo Loiodice or Kirian Rodríguez.

Pepper regained his compatriot Mika Mármol on the rear axis after serving a sanction for the red card he saw against Granada, but the midfielder lost Omenuke Mfulu, injured at the Bernabéuand still not counting on Sandro Ramírez and Alberto Moleiro, in the recovery process.

Celta’s decline has been unstoppable since the departure of Argentine Eduardo Berizzo. Only his compatriot Eduardo Coudet, in his first season, was able to give the team the personality that Celtic fans enjoyed. He Celta is missing the best football players and, since the arrival of the prestigious sports advisor Luis Campos, he has chosen to sign players with a bright future but poor immediate performance.

This risky philosophy also coincides with the decline that Iago Aspas has had, the float that Celta has clung to in recent campaigns to survive in the elite. Benítez has made no secret of his concern about the level of his squadand the aim is to have the position fixed in January.

That is needed for adding points will force you to keep the line of three center backs in defense, with the return of young player Carlos Domínguez, the only left-handed player who gives the ball output. Manu Sánchez could also feature again on the left side.

The light blue coach will also rock the middle of the field. Carles Pérez, one of the most unbalanced players in the last part of the last championship, he doesn’t seem to like it. Neither is Peruvian international Renato Tapia, who sports management failed to release this summer.

None of them intend to own the Gran Canaria Stadium, which Carlos Dotor and Greek striker Douvikas could make their debut at the starttwo of the long-term bets signed by Luis Campos.