Create, but do not finish. The derby portrayed the dynamics of a Sporting team that has seen several games escape this season in circumstances similar to those experienced at the Tartiere. The rojiblancos missed their best minutes and the clearest chances to end up regretting a defeat that led them to close the campaign without the momentum of the derby and in no man’s territory. 2022 will leave with Abelardo’s men five points from the play-off and six from relegation. And that no one in the Second Division is capable of scoring more chances than the rojiblancos (50). Next on the list is Levante, with 41.
“To work and hope that luck changes,” commented a resigned Abelardo at the end of the match against Oviedo. The rojiblanco coach was the first to assume what has been the team’s biggest burden in recent days: “If you don’t score chances, you don’t win games.” A goal in the last five days is the poor offensive balance of the Gijón team. A fact that has nipped in the bud the march of what was for several days the most accomplished team in the category. Also one of the most scored. In that all or nothing he lived for months. When a recovered defensive security began to appear – the team left the goal to zero in three of the last five games – the goal vanished.
The dynamic, in terms of results, begins to become worrying. The team has only been able to add one victory in the last ten days, in which it must also be emphasized that three were in the form of defeat. Along the way, six draws that have cooled the illusion with which Orlegi’s first project at the helm of Sporting began. The team’s trajectory continues without clearing up important doubts for the future, such as Abelardo’s renewal, without news despite the fact that the coach’s contract ends in June, nor whether Sporting will be able to end up fighting to be on top or, again, to get away from the lower zone. Many doubts that the result of the derby has not helped to clear up.
Cup and vacation. The team still has a competitive date before saying goodbye to 2022. Sporting will visit Numancia the day after tomorrow, in a match corresponding to the second round of the Copa del Rey (Los Pajaritos, 7:00 p.m.). The rojiblanco team will carry out all the previous training sessions behind closed doors. He will travel tomorrow to Soria lands. Abelardo plans to give minutes to the less usual. Among them, Bruno will debut. After the match, the team will have vacations, in principle, until December 30.
