Back on track, Baby

By: Paddy | February 2nd, 2009

Depor 3 – 0 Villareal

Depor bounced out of their slump emphatically yesterday at the Riazor, beating rivals Villareal emphatically, 3 – 0.

Angel Lafita was the hero yet again, setting us on our way with an early strike and adding a second shortly after the hour-mark, before Riki completed the scoring with a solo effort moments later. They were all great goals too, I particularly enjoyed the second, the ball seemed to move in slow motion almost.

Villarreal were dead and buried but they were at least handed the chance to restore some pride with a dubious-looking penalty as Mati Fernandez went down under the challenge of Alberto Lopo on 74 minutes.

However, it mattered little as the returning Aranzubia beat away Senna’s spot-kick to keep his own clean-sheet intact and to maintain the charge for Europe.

Juan Carlos Valeron got a huge cheer before the match too, when his name was called out. He was starting his first home game for a few years.

The win moves Superdepor to within touching distance of the top six, and manager Miguel Lotina beamed, “It was perhaps the most complete performance since I have became manager here.

“We scored after two minutes and because we made it 1-0 so early in the match it made it easier for us to have a good match.”

The win ended their losing streak and Lotina insisted that a combination of skill and hard work had allowed them to turn their form around.

He continued, “The team has struggled, but we have trained hard and had fight to get a victory, we have great quality and now we have found our form back.”

Next up is a trip to Mallorca, and suddenly things dont seem so bad.

Plus we have a nicer kit than Villareal too.

Highlights

Strange but True Depor Fact of the Day Luis Felipe destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.

And one more thing: I see there is a lot of Football Manager blogs going on here and feel like I should add my two cents. I reckon that success is easy, I manage Roma at the minute but have managed many different teams in my time.

I think the key to success is selling some of your bigger players, but not all, for example I would never sell Totti, and then buy wonderkids baby! No need to overthink it, its all about the kids

Also I bought Anders Guardado, and while he is a key part of my left wing system, ie he is it, he is always annoying the shit of me. ‘Wah, wah I deserve more than €2,000 per week’ he says. ‘No way is Alessio Cerci better than me’ is another one – ‘Give me a starting place!’. Give me a break. Talk about art imitating art.

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