Javier Calleja

El Dense away, again, a bit of a 50-50 call.

El Dense had been improving under Javi Calleja and, of course, Messi, the new owner.

But... yeah and the next few games look winnable too I mean Tenerife at home then Las Palmas who have been struggling lately Sabadell away tough place to go theater at home they win that one so then you get to December and if they're still up and amongst the playoffs then they'd be very happy with themselves

Yeah, I have to agree with everything that you say.

Yeah, indeed, it definitely is doing a great job.

And Eldensi as well, his three wins in a row for Javi Calleja.

Two of those were home wins and it looked as if they would perhaps be a home team and not so great on the road, but to add an away victory as well.

And the improvement under Havikai has been really huge for Eldense.

They had numerous chances.

And then you go in at halftime and, as I say, as I always say, the coaches get hold of it, don't they? And, you know, Javi Calleja basically has the opportunity that Echeverria at Albacete didn't have because his team did collapse and did go 4-0 down and did concede those goals in the first half against Real Valladolid.

You go in at halftime, there's nothing a coach can say at 4-0 down at halftime.

Cordoba didn't put those chances away.

You're

talking about a team right now, and this is not my opinion, it's the opinion of managers across Europe, that does very, very well, extremely well, the four phases that you need for a team to do well.

And it's one of the few teams that does that.

I think there's a lot of emphasis being put on, ah, yeah, but he's not brilliant.

And he's done that by, you know, as we were saying, everybody knowing that he's the leader.

Number two, with a clear idea of him developed as a coach by talking to a lot of people from different sports, by challenging himself.

So apparently they've got this WhatsApp group with managers from the MLS and the NBA.

And sometimes they just do a Zoom themselves and challenge.

It will be across two parts.

Um, let's get on with the results roundup, and it starts with Real Oviedo on Friday night, who scored inside 20 seconds, but Elche ended up with their first win of the Messi era and also the Javi Calleja era.

They eventually won by four goals to one with two second-half penalties, followed by two stoppage time goals.

On Saturday in Segunda, Alberto González got his marching orders following a seventh defeat in eight games, this time at home to Eibar, a game in which Albacete went ahead and had various first-half opportunities but conceded three second-half goals to lose 3-1, and Eibar went top to make it a historic seven wins in a row.