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2019 Segunda Play Offs
A sliding doors moment for the 4 clubs involved with contrasting fortunes
rd - @MalagaCF
th - @AlbaceteBPSAD
th - @RCD_Mallorca
th - @RCDeportivo
What happened and where are they now?
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A sliding doors moment for the 4 clubs involved with contrasting fortunes
rd - @MalagaCF th - @AlbaceteBPSAD th - @RCD_Mallorca th - @RCDeportivo What happened and where are they now?
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A former LaLiga power steps back into the spotlight
Beginning of the end for an owner
A failed attempt at only the 8th season in the top flight in their historyThe slide to semi pro football for a historic giantTHREAD
rd - @MalagaCF Started & ended the regular season like a steam train but ended up missing out on automatic promotion by 5 pts
Strong favorites to beat Deportivo in their playoff semi final but lost over two legs 5-2
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rd @MalagaCF (cont)Defeat led to a dismantling of the side, a raft of players leaving, most notably Ontiveros
Villarreal Owner Al Thani seemingly running into financial issues led to a lack of investment & a relegation battle in 19/20, this season safER so far
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th @AlbaceteBPSAD Albacete spent
weeks in the top
but fell toth & faced Real Mallorca in the play off who they’d beaten home & away (5-1 agg) in the regular seasonA strong home 1st leg meant Mallorca could hold on for dear life in
the Carlos Belmonte
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th @AlbaceteBPSAD (cont)The defeat saw a raft of loanees depart from the club, their replacements not impressing and when Luis Miquel Ramis left as coach, Albacete slumped, fighting relegation in 19/20 and now in 20/21 too, they have had 3 coaches in that time
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th - @RCD_Mallorca Eventual victors of the 2019 play off with a dramatic remontada, from 2-0 down in the 1st leg to win 3-2 on aggregate.
Mallorca’s stay in LaLiga ended at the first attempt as did Vicente Moreno’s reign.
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th - @RCD_Mallorca (cont)However, Luis García Plaza replaced him in the hot seat & the LaLiga money has allowed the ownership to maintain their best & recruit again
Mallorca are currently top in their bid to return at the first time of asking
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th - @RCDeportivo The saddest story of all is that of the fallen giant from the Riazor. Beaten in devastating fashion in Mallorca, that sparked the departure of main men Expósito and Quique to Eibar with only free transfers to replace them leading to a doomed 19/20
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th - @RCDeportivo (cont)Depor spent 20/42 weeks in the relegation zone, 12 of those rock bottom & fatefully the final two games leading to their relegation, without kicking a ball after a covid cancellation
Despite their protests these giants descended to Segunda B
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th - @RCDeportivo (cont)This is where you’d expect an upward turn, such a giant amongst minnows in semi pro football
Yet they currently sit 5th in their regional group behind Celta B, 7 games without a win & struggling to return to the professional level in Spain
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th - @RCDeportivo (cont)Worse news for Depor is that there is a new format in Seg B this season due to covid last season & a rebrand next season
Depor must finish top
in their group to play for promotion (currently 5th)But that’s not where the bad news ends
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th - @RCDeportivo (cont) Even worse, their points from phase 1 carry forward to phase 2 of the season which will decide if they are in the new RFEF 1st Div (1 below Segunda) or division 2 (2 tiers below)
Another relegation could effectively be on the cards
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The 2019 play offs Segunda play off, Sliding doors moment
A former LaLiga power steps back into the spotlight
Beginning of the end for an owner
A failed attempt at only the 8th season in the top flight in their history
The slide to semi pro football for a historic giant
A former LaLiga power steps back into the spotlightBeginning of the end for an ownerA failed attempt at only the 8th season in the top flight in their historyThe slide to semi pro football for a historic giant
