The schedule does not help – 9:00 p.m. on a Monday – but the illusion can overcome everything. Oviedo is only three games away from sneaking into the play-off positions. The promotion for the blues is the promised land, the shore towards which he has been stroking since he returned to professional football in 2015. On more than one occasion he stayed close to the shore. He also nearly drowned a couple of years ago. But this is the course that is closest to the goal, to its objective. Oviedism knows this and that is why it navigates in a climate of optimism that has not been breathed for a long time. Today (9:00 pm, Gol Televisión), against Zaragoza, in a Tartiere that wants to score first, the Blues will try to pave a path that this time does favor.
They will do it in a strange position. Today, all eyes are on Oviedo. On the penultimate day, the last before the match schedules with something at stake are unified, only Oviedo-Zaragoza is missing to close. The direct rivals of the blues will tune in to the Tartiere in search of a blue stumble. Ziganda does not consider that playing in last place supposes added pressure and urges his team, once again, to leave the cabals for when the duel is over.
After the results recorded yesterday, Oviedo has moved up one place in the table. It is now fifth. The defeat of Girona and the victory of Las Palmas causes a momentary triple tie that is undone with the general goal-average, in the absence of the Blues visiting the Canary Islands. And Oviedo has the lowest balance. Joining today would mean reinforcing that fifth position ahead of Saturday’s momentous event at the Las Palmas stadium.
But that will be another battle. Today it is time to deal with a Zaragoza that arrives with certified salvation, but facing a matter of pride. The 0-3 of the last day against Alcorcón has chosen between the morning parish. Even the sports director, Miguel Torrecilla, has firmed up the squad. Therefore, an attack of professionalism is expected today. Ziganda, as he has explained, is warned.
