FC Marbellí and Atlético Marbella Paraíso: Only One Can Achieve Promotion
FC Marbellí and Atlético Marbella Paraíso will begin their journey towards promotion to the Honor Division this Sunday. The yellow team, which finished as the champion of the Malaga group, will visit CD Ronda, the fourth-ranked team. Meanwhile, Atlético Marbella Paraíso will visit the field of Cártama, third in the table. Both teams hope to face each other in the playoff final.
The Challenge of Promotion in the First Andalusian
One of the most challenging categories to achieve promotion is currently the First Andalusian. The format established a few years ago only allows the promotion of one team, which is also decided by a playoff. Not even the group champion has the right to direct promotion. This is why only one of the two Marbella teams from the group could achieve the coveted category promotion.
FC Marbellí and Atlético Marbella Paraíso’s Playoff Journey
FC Marbellí faces the playoff as the group champion, while Atlético Marbella Paraíso does so as the second-ranked team. Marbellí will face CD Ronda in this first playoff elimination round, which finished in fourth position after a great second half in which they achieved up to seven consecutive victories. The match will be on Sunday at 18:30 at the El Fuerte sports complex in the capital of the Sierra de las Nieves. The return will be a week later in Marbella territory.
FC Marbellí’s Impressive Season
The yellow team has had an excellent season and enters the playoff as a favorite based on their performance throughout the year. They ended the season with eight consecutive victories, keeping a clean sheet in seven of those matches. They have not lost a match since December 16th. Their ranks include the championship’s top scorer, Yiyi, with 27 goals; they are the second highest scoring team and the least scored against.
Atlético Marbella Paraíso’s Playoff
On the other hand, Atlético Marbella Paraíso had a somewhat more irregular end to the season to enter the playoff as the second-ranked team. Their rival will be CD Cártama in a match that took place just two weeks ago in Cártama territory with a local victory. The match will also be at 18:30. The white and sky-blue team faces its second consecutive promotion playoff after falling in last year’s final. This should serve as a learning experience for Chechu Rodríguez’s pupils.
Atlético Marbella Paraíso’s Season and Playoff Hopes
After an excellent first half, a streak of four matches without a win in the second half took them out of the lead and plunged the team into doubts that also ended with their elimination from the Andalusian Cup and the dismissal of coach Serafín Gil. In the last four rounds, Chechu Rodríguez has sat on the Marbella bench, achieving three victories and suffering a single defeat. A change of air that must confirm its success in this playoff. The rival is a CD Cártama that has not been able to dispute the second place with this elimination round’s rival. In the last six matches, only one victory for Cártama, four draws, and one defeat. However, the victory was against Atlético Marbella Paraíso.
