Córdoba started the most important week in recent times with a training session at the RCD Espanyol facilities with the satisfaction of a positive result, but with the regret that it could have been better and that a great advantage was left in the last minutes.
The promotion and promotion tie to Second Division between Córdoba and Barcelona Atlètic is not without controversys. To the disagreement caused by the scarce 150 seats given by the Barcelona fans or the discomfort of the green and white entity after detecting cases of reselling of tickets, we must add aspects that were not liked about the performance of the Aragonese referee Ramo Andrés.
There are two plays especially discussed, both when the score was 0-1. Around the 80th minute there is a dangerous game of Pocho on Mati Barbosa. An action without the ball with the Barcelona player’s tackle on the shin with his foot flat, which was sanctioned with a yellow card. In Córdoba they understand that Pocho should have been sent off.
The second claimed sequence is somewhat confusing. After a foul was called, Pelayo gave the ball to Fayé, but Antonio Casas intercepted it. The referee stops the game to the great anger of the ’23’ from Córdoba who is reprimanded. The disagreement comes because the referee demanded that the ball be delayed and not that the aforementioned foul be taken. Iván Ania is not very happy with this version. “From the bench I get the feeling that the Barça player serves and Casas intercepts it, who is at a sufficient distance so as not to get in the way, and when he goes to face the rival area, he whistles and on top of that, he gets a card. “I don’t know why, from my point of view it was a totally legal move.”
From a possible 0-2 with one more player it went to 1-1 scored at 87′ by Pocho, protagonist of one of the key sequences mentioned above. This is the resentment that exists within Cordobanism.
Sold out.
With a week’s notice, there is not a single entry left. The last 418 that were released have flown and the famous ‘no tickets’ sign has been hung. The figure of 21,145 spectators for the match against Ponferradina will be exceeded. It is Córdoba’s most important game in recent years and it is a great opportunity to return to the category lost in 2019.
Monterrubio Talisman
Beyond serious and coherent management, Antonio Fernández Monterrubio already knows what it means to make a leap to the higher categoryr. In the 2007-08 season he was the driving force behind Xerez’s historic promotion to Primera, of which he was general director. In 2018-19 he led Granada’s promotion to the First Division with Diego Martínez as his great discovery, experiencing two wonderful seasons with permanence, Cup semi-finals and quarter-finals in the Europa League. When he left both teams, they both went under.
Carlos Marín, centenary
Carlos Marín is another of the great goalkeepers who have stood out in both Primera RFEF groups. along with Alberto Varo (Nàstic), Alfonso Herrero (Málaga), Pedro López (Ceuta), Andrés Prieto (Ponferradina) and Gonzalo Crettaz (among others). The Almeria goalkeeper reached his goal against the Blaugrana subsidiary 100th match.
With 18 clean sheets, Carlos Marín has been one of the great strongholds of a Córdoba team that has only lost three of its last 34 games. “I am very happy, on top of that playing a play off for promotion to the Second Division. It is a dream for me, I knew from the first day that big things were going to happen and we are now just one step away,” highlighted the goalkeeper.
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