I don’t like the preseason

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I guess it’s a ‘necessary evil’ to get through the stretch that separates one season from another, with downtime in between. It has to be that way, but I don’t like the preseason.

I don’t like it because it hardly adds anything to what we already know; moreover, it often contributes to the increased confusion and its rehearsed condition in relation to everything that happens in that interlude. I don’t like it because even the preseason games, which are considered the highlight of the preparation, often amount to little more than entertainment between the many work sessions, especially hard after the holiday season. Technicians take the opportunity to try a thousand and one things, rotating the entire squad, sometimes without apparent meaning. Conclusions? I think they will take some, but for the fan, unless it is to give him a topic of conversation with friends on the terrace of a bar, there is little else in mind.

The chapter of newcomers deserves, for obvious reasons, a different consideration. They need it the most, probably, the preseason. They don’t know anyone, they know almost nothing about their new work group, and more than anyone else, they need time to adapt and integrate. But there have been so many preseasons in the past that have given rise to a series of expectations that eventually failed, perhaps because a miscalculation was made of what happened in those two months, both for better and for worse, that I chose long ago, for devoting some attention, just enough, to what was going on in those days, while I waited eagerly, as always, for the real thing to begin.

Better than yesterday?

This is the usual question on these dates, almost four days before the official competition debut. And it is normal that it appears, because the last campaign is offered as the closest reference in time, and it is the one that can allow us to check if and to what extent we have made progress. Unfortunately, no one is in a position to offer a conclusive and definitive answer, and the most we can hope for is to guess based on the data we have. As we pointed out earlier, we can infer little from the results of the preseason, so we must support our thesis on past data, that is, on the amount of new additions relative to the outputs produced. I would venture to say that, essentially, without going into detail, there was a change in trading cards: Zaldua left and Sola joined; Portu and Januzaj left, and Kubo and Cho arrived. The inclusion of Brais will cover the absence of Rafinha. Sorloth has not yet returned but Carlos Fernández has. Now it remains to determine to what extent the team is richer, stronger with new additions, compared to the previous one. Wait and see.

a certain balance

Combining two goalkeepers like Remiro and Ryan is difficult. I remember asking the director of football a few times about this, and the answers were never as conclusive as I would have liked. Sooner or later, the thing will explode; it could not be otherwise.

Heat in New Mirandilla

Last year, the Liga calendar wanted Real to visit Cádiz early. History repeats itself: the people from San Sebastian and Cadiz will face each other again soon, the heat, according to the forecasts, will be there again, and in front, a Cádiz that had a poor preseason. Last year 0-2. Shall we repeat?

Source: La Verdad

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