This isn't just another outing: it's time to make your move.

Sunday. 5:00 p.m. Manuel Polinario. CD Estepona arrives in Puente Genil with something it didn't have two weeks ago: a real margin. On February 11, the gap with the playout was eleven points. Today it's six. And on Sunday it could be reduced to three.

That's not a slogan. It's a sustained reaction over time. Image: CD Estepona | Santiago Díaz ## The context does not deceive 12th (direct salvation) – 30 points. 13th (playout) – 29 points.
16th (CD Estepona) – 23 points. If Estepona wins: 26 points. And Salerm stays at 29. Three points difference. After Sunday, there would be 27 points left to play for. Three points are no longer a barrier. They are a direct challenge.

That's why this game isn't just another game. It's the first one where the gap can stop being a chase and become pressure. ## The evolution has arguments Since the 1-2 against Salerm in Manolo's debut, the team has earned 16 points in 10 games. It has won away. It has competed on demanding fields.
It has beaten the second-placed team. It has not been an emotional surge. It has been real growth. Order. Structure. Confidence. And now that growth will be measured in a direct duel. ## Absences do not change the intention Duarte and Antonio Marín will be out due to suspension.

There will be absences, as in so many other games. But this team has not grown by protecting itself. It has grown by facing the situation head-on. Competing at a high level. Pressing. Taking risks. And on Sunday, that focus will intensify.

This is not a team that waits. It is a team that provokes. ## A match with a clear scenario At 12:00: UCAM – Melilla Antoniano – Xerez Deportivo At 12:30:

La Unión – Almería B When the ball starts rolling at 5:00 p.m., Estepona will know exactly what is at stake. If the teams below them have won, they will have to respond. If they have slipped up, they will have to strike. There will be no excuses.

The context will be clear. And in these types of games, collective character is measured. ## The team is not going alone Two full buses. A third under consideration. Private cars. This is not an outing. It is a statement. The players have to feel it from the warm-up.

From the first contested ball. From the first collision. Because this stretch isn't just played with soccer. It's played with conviction. ## We choose to BELIEVE... even away Two weeks ago, the gap was eleven points. Today it's six. That's no coincidence. It's hard work.

It's structure. It's dynamics. And on Sunday it could be three. Let there be no mistake: it's not a final. But it is the first game where Estepona can start to stop looking up at the distance... and start looking ahead. This team doesn't break. It competes.

It persists. It provokes. And when it feels support, it grows. Puente Genil is not just another away game. It is a real opportunity. And if Estepona competes as it has been competing, it will not go there to wait. It will go there to win. Because staying up is not begged for. It is conquered.