The rojiblancos are eleven points above the Murcians, who could fall out of the ‘play-off’ positions if they lose on Sunday
ElPozo and Jimbee Cartagena battle this Sunday (Palacio de los Deportes de Murcia, 1:00 PM) in an atypical derby for the team from the port city. The residents of Cartagena, who are used to being at the bottom of the table, face this weekend’s event by an 11-point difference on the charcuterie team, a distance rarely seen before. Or never.
And it is that the Jimbee is curdling a beautiful course. Second in the ranking, six points behind the leader, Barça, Duda’s men go to the palace with the intention of adding three points and, if possible, they will try to boost the morale of their eternal rival, who has already sunk quite a bit. is to lower. The year is not over for Giustozzi’s men, who occupy the sixth drawer, just two points away from a title ‘play-off’.
“It will be an even match despite the distance in the standings,” said Mari Ángeles Boluda, a fan and part of the ‘Infierno Cartagenerero’ supporters club. «You have to respect ElPozo; they have very good players and they can even beat you without wanting to,” said Fernando Alcalá, member of the ‘Javi Matía’ supporters club.
No matter how many points there are or how badly the team from Murcia plays, no one trusts a team that has already taken the win at the Palacio de los Deportes in Cartagena, including a comeback. Of course, this year’s derby has nuances compared to others. Or that’s how some Cartagena fans see it.
“For me, it’s three more points. Other seasons to beat them was to save the course. If you won, you had that exit. But now it’s the other way around. When they won here, it looked like they had the Champions League.” went on to win”, answers Juan Francisco Carbón of the ‘El Gato’ supporters club.
For its part, for Pilar Carreño, also a member of the ‘Javi Matía’ supporters club, ‘the first few minutes of the game’ will be very important, those moments when Jimbee has been vulnerable in some of the bets this season. “We’re going with no pressure because we’ve always been the ‘losing’ team, or in other words, with fewer chances to win the derby. Not now. If you look at the numbers we are above in points, in goals… Besides, it is morbid to annoy the eternal rival”, says this follower with a laugh. You need to add something spicy to the game.
They walk through Cartagena satisfied with the results the Jimbee achieves, despite the number of “bricks” found along the way. The infirmary has long been overcrowded and it is something that is appreciated from the stands.
“The year has been great. If they had told us four months ago that it would be like this, nobody would have believed it,” says Juan Francisco. In her case, Pilar puts a note: “A nine”, she says resolutely. “And I also think that the team often been unfair, too harsh,” he adds.
Mari Angeles continues. “We lost the same matches as Barca (4), and that’s worth judging after the number of casualties we’ve had all those months,” he analyzes. And they all agree that Luçao, Mellado and Chemi are the proper names of the squad. “And Meira, who loved me when I saw him play,” says Fernando. “He’s letting go of his skin,” he utters the next line.
As for the objectives of the course, “Improve last year” is one of the goals set by the followers. “Only reaching the final would be celebrated as a title,” says Juan Francisco. “That would encourage people to come more,” concludes Mari Ángeles.
For these four Jimbee fans, the schedule is the reason why the crowd has plummeted at the Palace. And it is that the rojiblancos usually play their games on Saturday mornings, a time when “a lot of people work and, for example, the children of the bases also have their games”, they explain in unison. “The televisions rule, but you can’t move the masses like this,” they say below. “But it’s not just happening in Cartagena, it’s something general. The scheme makes the audience withdraw,” they finish, trying to find a reason.
Source: La Verdad
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