Agonizing duel with the dream of permanence in the background at Sandoval’s premiere

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Cádiz and Granada open this Good Friday the thirtieth day of the Spanish LaLiga in an Andalusian duel with agonizing overtones in the fight of both for permanence, as the Cadizians are third to last and the Granadans are second to last, who are experiencing a more dramatic situation and seek redemption in the debut of José Ramón Sandoval on his bench.

The Cádiz team, with 22 points, is 5 away from the salvation set by Celta and is 8 ahead of Granada, which has 14 with a match pending, the one postponed in its day once morest Valencia, and for which the only thing worth winning is in the field of a direct rival to keep the flame of hope alive following the arrival of an experienced coach like Sandoval.

However, a victory for Cádiz is also vital for the salvation aspirations of the team coached by the Argentine Mauricio Pellegrino, since in this case it might leave an enormous distance in the standings (11 points, with the nuance of that match pending. the rojiblancos) to their immediate pursuer.

The Madrid coach is the last bullet that Granada has to try to avoid a relegation to Second on track, since he arrives at a team that is thirteen points away from relegation with ten games to play.

And if Granada wins, in addition to receiving large doses of morale, the difference between the two in the table would be reduced to five points, which in practice would be four if at the end of the League they tie on points, since the The Granada team beat the Cadistas in the first round in Nuevo Los Cármenes.

Two days ago, Cádiz got rid of the pressure of going six months without winning and, following beating Atlético de Madrid (2-0), they were tasked with emulating that success in the following match, which would have meant breaking two more statistics that make him choke: repeat immediate victory for the first time in the season and achieve his first victory away from home.

It was not like that, when they fell to Real Sociedad (2-0), and what Pellegrino’s pupils will now look for is to win once more at home, where on matchdays 1 and 4 they achieved the first two of the three victories that total this Campaign.

Both awards were won under the orders of the dismissed Sergio González, but in between there was a draw once morest Almería (1-1) on matchday 3, so they have not yet had two wins at home this season.