Not having time to digest the derby victory, Duda’s men welcome the team that knocked them out of the Copa del Rey on penalties: Jaén
Jimbee Cartagena has no time to digest the win against ElPozo and will try to take second place on Wednesday (Palacio de Deportes, 8pm) to contest the play-offs for the league title with more guarantees of success. The first step is to defeat the black beast of recent seasons, Jaén Paraíso, the team that knocked out the Copa del Rey meloneros in a tight penalty shoot-out on the ‘Bombonera’.
There are still three games to go in the regular season and Jimbee is second with 53 points. It is ahead of Movistar Inter (51) and it is possible to overtake Barcelona, leader with 59. The Catalans will have to visit Cartagena on the last day. Jimbee’s coach Duda came on Tuesday to say that at this point all good that happens will be welcome. Meloneros are guests at this party and there is nothing to lose. “We are not obliged to be second in the championship, but when the opportunities arise, we have to take them.”
The most important moment of the year arrives and fatigue weighs on the exhausted Jimbee squad, punished by long-term injuries (Juanpi, Javivi and Andresito) and physical problems from day to day. For the first time in a long time, Duda will have to be excluded from the squad for having recovered Drasler, who dropped out of the derby last Sunday due to a sprain. Melon’s coach again took the opportunity to address the residents of Cartagena: “Cartagena must show that it has been voted the best supporter three times” in the highest category of Spanish futsal. This weekday doesn’t help.
Yes, that extra breath would be necessary in any case. Jimbee lost just one game away from home all season but they have been restless at home for a month, narrowly beating the relegated Burela (4-3) and failing to beat two bottom-line rivals such as Betis (2-2) and Manzanares (3-3). Two of the three remaining days are at home, and Duda admitted they need to restore that “regularity” in the palace.
At this point, it’s time to think about Jaén, a tooth puller since the local futsal is called Jimbee Cartagena. The people of Jaen, who led the way by winning titles (in 2015 and 2018) to the kings of this sport, always got melon growers in trouble. Certainly in the Copa del Rey, where he already fell in 2020. What happened two months ago has done a lot of damage: a pass to the semi-finals was at stake and the atmosphere was ideal when returning to the ‘Bombonera’. Everything was cruelly twisted on penalties.
Source: La Verdad
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