Javi Calleja’s Oviedo is already taking shape. After the initial doubts after the tough defeats against Racing de Santander and Sporting, the team from the capital of the Principality is already strong and is the best team in the Second Division since its last defeat on matchday four against the eternal rival tied on points with Granada and with the Cantabrians, who still have to play their match on matchday 11.
Javi Calleja’s pupils They beat Mirandés 4-1 in the weekday matchdaya revelation team of the category that occupied direct promotion positions before the match and had only conceded three goals in the first ten days. It had been eight months since the Asturians had scored four goals in a game. It was also at the Carlos Tartiere in the meeting against Burgos from LaLiga Hypermotion from last seasonwhen those then led by Carrión beat Bolo’s team 5-0. There were also two comprehensive victories last season, both at home, against Albacete and Andorra by 3-0.
Despite the victory at Riazor in the league debut, The sensations and results were not good in the first four games from LaLiga Hypermotion. The blues tied in Castalia in a match in which they were inferior to Dick Schreuder’s team and fell 1-3 at home against Racing de Santander and 3-1 in a match marked in red on the calendar as the derby against Sporting from Gijón.
However, since that defeat, Javi Calleja’s team has improved both in sensations and results. The Carbayón team has not lost a game again and They are tracing the famous ‘English mean’: They have won all their home games and have drawn all their visits. In the Tartiere they have ‘killed’ two of the teams called to be at the top, such as Almería and Eibar, and in their travels they managed to score in complex stadiums such as the Ciutat de Valencia or La Rosaleda.
The return of Colombatto and Seoane is key
One of the keys to the improvement in the game of the Asturians is the recovery of Colombatto and Seoane from their injuries. Two of the midfielders called to be key in the Oviedo project along with Santi Cazorla. His intervention in the Carlos Tartiere midfield has generated a boost in the Carbayones’ game creation that has improved significantly and They have scored ten goals in seven days, seven more than in the first four.
Despite the improvement in the offensive phase, Calleja’s men have not neglected the defensive system. Since the defeat against Sporting only They have conceded four goals in seven gamestwo less than in the first four games. In a facet in which the team as a whole is standing out The figure of goalkeeper Aarón Escandell especially shines. The goalkeeper arrived in Oviedo with the difficult mission of replacing Leo Román, one of the best goalkeepers to have passed through the capital of the Principality in the last decade, and he is not disappointing. In eleven days He has made 33 stops, saved a penalty and supported the Carbayones in several matches.
Oviedo celebrates the victory against Mirandés with its fans.
This weekend it is Asturians’ turn continue this streak on his visit to Nuevo Mirandillaone of the fields that at the beginning of the season were considered to be the most complicated due to the level of the Cádiz squad. However, Cádiz is the the only Second Division team that has not won in its stadium along with Cartagena. We will see if the dynamics remain in force on Saturday or whether one of the two teams is capable of breaking them.
Calleja’s funny response to a fan: “Ugly? They call me the Madrid Brad Pitt…”
This afternoon Javi Calleja, quite active on social networks, He used humor to respond to a blue fan who, ironically, called him “ugly”said that the suit “looks terrible on him”, it is not “a sleazebag” (in reference to Rubén Albés, Sporting coach), “he would not leave the club stranded for a 2-month project in the first class” (referring to Luis Carrión, predecessor of the Madrid native who went to Las Palmas in the summer) and also stated that “he greets the rival coach regardless of the result” (also attacks the Galician coach of the El Molinón team).
The former Levante player saw the tweet and did not hesitate to respond. It was ironic and accompanied with ’emojis’ of smiles and laughter and he published: “Ugly?? They call me the Brad Pitt of Madrid…”
