MADRID, 13 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
After Levante’s mathematical relegation when there are still two days left in LaLigaSantander, there are two dangerous positions to be defined with up to five teams -Getafe, Granada, Mallorca, Cádiz and Alavés- involved in that fight to avoid ‘hell’, which seems to be will extend until the last second of the championship. Thus, we analyze the options of each of them in this crucial final stretch of the competition.
1. Alava. Penultimate with 31 points. After the fall of Levante, the ‘babazorros’ are the ones with the most ballots to be the next to fall to LaLiga SmartBank. Four points from salvation, it seems that he will need to add the six points that remain pending before the end of the League. Their last three victories in their five most recent duels attest to a team that will have to fight until the last moment.
The Basques could certify their relegation this weekend if they lose to relegated Levante, and will close the campaign against Cádiz, a duel that will presumably be vital for the Primera aspirations of both teams. Alavés will stay in the top flight if they win their two games, the Cadiz team add a maximum of one point and Mallorca loses a game; or if they win and draw, Mallorca gets only one point out of the remaining six and Cádiz loses everything.
2. Majorca. Antepenultimate with 33 points. Their terrible and irregular last third of the season, with only two wins in 13 games, has condemned the vermilion team to dangerous positions. However, they see the permanence at just two points, after Cádiz’s defeat against Real, which opens the margin for error. In addition, it has one of the most ‘affordable’ calendars, with Rayo at home and the trip to El Sadar, Javier Aguirre’s former ‘home’, against Osasuna, two teams that do not play anything.
If he wins those two games, he will have to hope that Cádiz does not win everything or Granada does not add more than a single point. He will also stay in the First Division if he gets four points and the people from Cadiz only tie; or if Aguirre’s men get only three points and Cádiz does not add more than one point and Alavés does not win everything. It will be more complicated if they tie their two games, requiring that Cádiz not win any duel and the Basques stumble at least once, a carom that borders on the impossible.
3. Cadiz. Seventeenth with 35 points. Sergio González’s men reach these last two days depending on themselves, since if they win these two remaining games they will be a LaLiga Santander team. However, they receive this Sunday at the Nuevo Mirandilla a Real Madrid launched despite already being champion and will close with Alavés in Mendizorrotza, a match that could sentence one of the two teams to the Second Division.
After the harsh defeat (3-0) at the Reale Arena against Real Sociedad, which opens up much more options for the rest of the teams involved in relegation, Cádiz could also continue for another year in the First Division, losing even its two games . For this, Mallorca should at most draw a game and Alavés add at least one defeat.
4. Pomegranate. Sixteenth with 37 points. Driven by the fresh air that Aitor Karanka has brought, the Nasrids have taken a breather thanks to two draws and two consecutive victories, to look at the hot zone from a distance. Granada will close the course visiting Betis and receiving Espanyol, two duels in which they only need to add two points to certify permanence.
His 37 points allow him to be four above the relegation zone marked by Mallorca, who have the ‘average goal’ won. Those of Karanka would confirm the mathematical salvation this Sunday if they win at Villamarín or if the vermilion team do not beat Rayo Vallecano.
5.Getafe. Fifteenth with 38 points. The ‘azulón’ team is close to salvation thanks to their four consecutive games undefeated, so a single point in the last two league games would certify their permanence.
And they could achieve it this weekend against FC Barcelona at home, a difficult game a priori, with the duel against Elche on the last day as the definitive opportunity to achieve that long-awaited point. Even losing both games, they would be First Class if Granada adds only one draw, Mallorca does not win both duels or Cádiz loses at least one.
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