As of the 38th round of the Spanish Second Division, Wu Lei’s Espanyol have reached the match point to advance to the first division. As long as Zaragoza is undefeated in this round, they can complete promotion to the first division four rounds in advance. In the early morning of May 8th, Beijing time, Almeria, the Spaniard's arch-enemy and currently ranked third in the standings, took the lead in completing this round of games and defeated Tenerife 1-0. As a result, the team bottomed out and rebounded.
In this game, Almeria started to play more steadily, suppressing opponents on both offense and defense. The ball possession rate reached 57%. The shooting comparison with Tenerife was 12-10, and the shot was on target. Compared with Wie 7-3, they finally won a 1-0 victory. The goal was Ramazzani, who scored the winning goal for Almeria in the 68th minute of the game.
It is worth mentioning that Wu Lei’s mentor Rubi has just taken over Almeria for about a week. He quickly stopped the team’s recent avalanche decline. According to record statistics, on April 28, Almeria Before Meria officially confirmed that Rubi replaced José Gomez as the team's head coach, Almeria had a poor record of only 1 win in 8 rounds. It lost 17 points in 4 draws and 3 losses and directly lost the initiative to advance to the top flight. The Spaniard took the lead and opened up a gap of more than ten points.
After Rubi took office, Almeria bottomed out. Rubi led the team to an unbeaten run in the last two rounds, drawing with Real Oviedo 2-2 and defeating Teneri 1-0. Fee, once again saw a glimmer of hope of directly advancing to the First Division. Mallorca, currently in second place, has 71 points, while Almeria has scored 66 points. It still has a chance to break into the top two and obtain the quota to directly advance to the First Division. If it wins the championship, it will It is basically impossible, because the Spaniard at the top of the list has already scored 77 points. If he wins this round, he will reach 80 points and win the championship.
From the perspective of game tactics and formation, Ruby's change of formation has achieved miraculous results. Previously, when Gomez was coaching, the team took turns using a three-center-back or four-back system, but without exception, They chose to station troops in the midfield, but they did not play too openly tactically. As a result, they were always unable to convert the advantage on the field into a victory. It was difficult to win in the near future.
After Rubi took office, the Spaniard's lineup was fixed at 4 defenders. The midfielder paid more attention to the balance and control of offense and defense. Similar to his previous coaching of the Espanyol, he emphasized the stability and efficiency of the midfield and frontcourt. At that time, Wu Lei was activated under this system, so his tactical system works equally well on Almeria. I hope that Ruby's team can achieve the goal of advancing to the First Division in the final stage. Even if they cannot be directly promoted to the First Division, they still have a chance to advance to the First Division through the play-offs.