Although the spotlight was on Carlos Albarrán for his providential goal, the victory of Córdoba CF in El Toralín at the beginning of the play off promotion to the Second Division had another fundamental protagonist who was Carlos Marin. The green and white goalkeeper added one more clean sheet to support his team’s victory in Ponferrada and has now stretched his figures to 19 games without conceding a goal, more than half of the 37 duels he has already accumulated this season.
And it is that, although the Ponferradina It was not a very successful rival against Córdoba CF, Marín was able to successfully solve the little work, although decisive, that he had in El Toralín. The man from Almería was plugged in from the first moments, without hesitating to become strong in his area in the lateral balls and showing a confidence that gave wings to his team to secure the first victory in the qualifying rounds for promotion.
The ability to know how to “suffer” from Córdoba CF
It is not surprising, therefore, that Marín abandoned The Toralín with a face of satisfaction and an optimistic message, always within caution, in order to access the qualifying rounds for promotion. “The truth is that I am very happy with the performance, not only personally, but also with the collective. The team has known how to compete against a difficult rival, who we knew would have their options and we knew how to neutralize them, we knew how to suffer and we managed to a good result here,” said the goalkeeper in the mixed zone of El Toralín.
With the tie now decided clearly for the Córdoba CF side, Marín preferred to opt for the Prudence as a weapon to face the second leg. “In this category there are no favorites. Ponferradina is a difficult rival, just like us. We have to use our weapons. We have taken the first step and in our field, where we are very strong, we will try to take the second,” he noted.
And, despite his team’s solid victory against Ponferradina, the goalkeeper of the green and white team assumed that the difference between both teams had not been that much. “It’s a game of details, we play a lot and everyone gives their all. The details make the difference. We were fortunate that they did not materialize their chances and we scored the ones we did have,” summarized Marín.
What is not fortune, at this point in the season, is the confidence that the Córdoba team’s goalkeeper is showing. Marín has been a key piece for Iván Ania, who gave him the keys to a goal that he only stopped defending in San Fernando, due to having been sent off previously in Murcia, and on the last day against Algeciras, when second place was already finished. In Ponferrada he made his 37th game this year and managed to keep a clean sheet for the 19th time. Some figures within the reach of very few goalkeepers.
Now, despite the prudence shown, Carlos Marín knows that his team has the pass on the right track and was confident that in The Archangel The job will be finished: “Córdoba CF always seeks to attack and go to win the games. The 0-1 is a great result and at home we will try to close the tie.”
