The new failure of Castilla, which has gone eleven seasons without achieving promotion to the Second Division, seems that it will not take away its coach, Raúl, who for now has the confidence of Florentino Pérez despite the fact that the subsidiary stayed again at the gates of promotion, this time against the modest Eldense.
Raúl took Castilla in the 2019-20 season (in that season together with Alberto Garrido) and in August he won the Youth League with the youth team, the first in the history of the white team. (2-3 to Benfica in Nyom on August 28, 2020).
However, the three subsequent seasons have not corroborated the expectations of the coach Raúl, now on his own, leaving the white team always out of the promotion positions, eliminated in the last two play-offs by Ibiza and now Eldense.
The elimination at the hands of the Alicante team was the cruelest because in the semifinals Raúl's men had just eliminated Barcelona Atlétic. Against Eldense they could only draw (1-1) in Valdebebas but at Pepico Amat de Elda they went on to win 0-2 and also took the lead in the second part of extra time with a penalty goal from Arribas, their star player , but could not resist the final push from the locals and the final 3-3 gave Eldense the classification for their best classification in the regular season.
Castilla's permanence in the First Federation will cause a rout in the Castilla squad. The most important players, in the case of Arribas, Rafa Marín or Carlos Dotor will not continue. The club is looking for assignments or sales with repurchase options. The team will tend to be armed with the 18-year-old Argentine Nico Paz as a key man, one of the pearls of La Fábrica.
The alternative to Raúl within the house is Álvaro Arebeloa, who leads the youth team with great success. The last Castilla homegrown players who have settled in the Real Madrid first team for ten years are Carvajal and Nacho. This year Fran García and Joselu are back.
