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PLAYER OF DECEMBER: LAURE
29 Dec 2012
Inconsistent month for Deportivo; the big proof of this is that Laure earned the player of the month award without been the best man in any game, just the runner-up twice. Abel Aguilar remains as the best player of the season.
If November was a grey month for Deportivo, then the last month of the year can safely be called Black December. After four official games, the Blanquiazul outfit only managed to record a single point (against Valladolid – Matchday 16). Worse was the fact that only two goals were scored (in the home defeat against Real Betis) and eleven were conceded, with the low point being the 6-0 thrashing at the Vicente Calderon stadium, the worst defeat in decades at the club.
It might be a bit of a surprise that the Player of the Month Award of December is for a defender: Laureano Sanabria ‘Laure’. But the true is that he gained points in 3 of the 4 games in the month and fully deserves the accolade. Curiously, Laure didn’t win any of the individual Man of the Match awards (MOM). Instead they went to Riki (Vs. Real Betis), Bruno Gama (at Atlético Madrid), German Lux (Vs. Real Valladolid) and Abel Aguilar (at RCD Espanyol). But his two second places and one third spot were enough in a very low-scoring month for the players.
It’s the second time in the history of the awards in which someone wins the Player of the Month designation without clinching any MOM. The previous opportunity this happened was in March of the present year as Valerón and Juan Dominguez shared it. Bruno Gama was the other big winner of December; the Portuguese winger earned a MOM and a second place, reason why he picked eight points in the month, just one less than Laure.
In the other hand, one negative record was equaled in December. As it happened against Levante UD on Matchday 12, four Deportivo players received negative points in the game against Atlético Madrid (Insua, Roderick, Camuñas & Riki). Riki also received negative marks in the home clash against Levante UD.
Ratings in the month:
| Vs Real Betis - (02/Dec/12) |
| 1st Riki - 7 points |
| 2nd Alex - 5 points |
| 3rd Valeron - 3 points |
| 4th Laure - 1 point |
| Collective Note: 2 (Medium) |
| Vs Atletico Madrid - (9/Dec/12) |
| 1st Bruno Gama - 5 points |
| 2nd Laure - 3 points |
| 3rd Valeron - 1 point |
| NV: Insua, Roderick, Camuñas & |
| Riki |
| Collective Note: 1 (Poor) |
| Vs Valladolid - (17/Dec/12) |
| 1st Lux - 7 points |
| 2nd Laure - 5 points |
| 3rd Marchena - 3 points |
| 4th Alex - 1 point |
| NV: Evaldo & Alex |
| Collective Note: 2 (Medium) |
| Vs Espanyol - (20/Dec/12) |
| 1st Aguilar - 5 points |
| 2nd Gama - 3 points |
| 3rd Salomao - 1 point |
| Collective Note: 1 (Poor) |
Overall table: Abel Aguilar remains as the leader in the race of for the RCDLC.COM Player of The Season Award, Bruno Gama is now second on the list, just six points under the Colombian. Pizzi is third and Valerón remains at the fourth spot.
| Overall Table |
| 1st Aguilar 35pts |
| 2nd Bruno Gama 29pts |
| 3rd Pizzi 25pts |
| 4th Valeron 23pts |
| 5th Alex 22pts |
| 6th Riki 18pts |
| 7th Marchena 17pts |
| 8th Laure 15pts |
| 9th Lux 12pts |
| 10th Aranzubia 9pts |
| 11th Thiago Pinto 7pts |
| 12th Insua 6pts |
| 13th Oliveira 5pts |
| 14th Manuel Pablo 4pts |
| 14th Bodipo 4pts |
| 16th Camunas 3pts |
| 16th Aythami 3pts |
| 16th Bodipo 3pts |
| 16th Ayoze 3pts |
| 20th Roderick 2pts |
| 20th Juan Dominguez 2pts |
| 22nd Santos 1pt |
| 22nd Salomao 1pt |
| 24th Evaldo -1pt |