Almost seven months after being seriously injured, Isco Alarcon returned to the playing fields. He did just that last Saturday, playing the final minutes of his team’s draw Barcelona in it Benito Villamar. And while it will still be a few weeks before the Málaga player can start and play full matches, the next challenge: Pellegriniaccommodate your captain and Lo Celsus in the same eleven.
Betik’s number 22 was applauded as the green-and-white “loudspeaker” chanted his name among the substitutes before the start of the fight against the leader. Sarah Salamoacted as an impromptu photographer with a graphic report of his return to the pitch.And the moment he jumped onto the pitch to replace the young player Mateowho had an extraordinary match against the team Vibrate, Heliopolis became a beehive, forewarning what the final minutes were like with a goal They will say.
Sara Salamo photographing Isco
Isco and Fekir start only three times together
Working with the group for several weeks, still on their feet, Isko It still needs shooting before it reaches its best. In any case, his presence on the pitch has given his team more fluid distribution in search of a draw. A presence that should increase in minutes because weeks go by until then Engineer Find the formula so your two stars can play together.
In his time, he has been questioned about how to fit into the same team Isko y: FekirThe Chilean coach answered that good football players can always play together. In practice, due to injuries and fitness, Málaga and the French barely matched each other. Puzzle, in many cases. Pellegrini chose to install Fekir as false nine, holding Benalmadena in his natural position in midfield.
So it was inside La Liga in Son Moixin front of Majorcathe first time the two started together was at the beginning of the entire season, at the end of last January. And also a few days later, at home, opposite Getafe. Although in the third and final game, in which the coaching staff decided that their two stars would share the eleven, vs Gironawas Isko who delayed his position a few meters to escort Guido double axis, back Fekir back to the lock area.
Lo Celso before training with Isco
Different alternatives or system change
This last alternative seems the most likely Lo Celsusbecause it’s eleven Victor Roque appears to be stationary above (although in its early stages Betiswith the Argentine Setien He also played a few games as a false nine.) Although there is also the possibility that one of the two falls by the wayside…or that Pellegrini Modify your formation to form a sort of 4-3-3 with one defensive axis flanked by two stars, two wide players on the wing (Abde, Fornals…) and nine.
Different alternatives that, like the physical training of talented football players Flow of honeyVerdiblanco’s coaching staff will have the opportunity to experiment until they find the best option to increase their team’s attacking potential and game control La Liga together to give a qualitative leap Betis in the second half of the season starting in January.