Elche’s pride magnifies Getafe’s problems

The home team’s emphasis on getting the three points, which was almost indisputable given the need and the fact that they already had a relegated opponent, quickly became clear. Seven minutes later, Carles Aleñá made a brilliant move to get rid of his two opponents, opening the ball where Damián Suárez was on the right and finishing diagonally to the far post to put Munir’s team ahead.

The visiting team reacted very quickly and tested David Soria for the first time from the field with Randy Nteka’s powerful shot, shortly after taking off from center. Minutes later, he wasn’t the only attacker to post high in a good position.

The notifications served to make the home owner understand that there was no room for slack despite continuing. From then on he came back to take control of the game, laying the groundwork for the game that almost led him to create scoring chances from inertia.

Thus, a goal kick from Soria knocked him down from the sky Enes Ünal put the goalkeeper against Damián Suárez. The Argentine player cut well to adjust to the ball, but at the moment of execution he was short-circuited and his shot ricochet.

Unal himself had another one, who stood up to win a split ball from Magallán on the sidelines and gave his best when he saw the striker keeper. The shot was nervously approaching the frame, but eventually missed the bottom line.

From there to rest, there was a feeling that calm would reign.although suddenly everything went uphill for the azulons. The first setback was a foot injury like midfielder Mauro Arambarri. The player with an obvious muscle problem went to the locker room.

It wasn’t the only failure that Elche went to reality from being threatened, from a spectacularly deflected header by Soria from Nteka, where a corner kick to the close post resulted in Boyé being pushed into the net as well by the air.

The second part started with alternatives for both. Unal disturbed Elche team in a long free kick. And first Nwankwo with a header from a corner not far from the crossbar, and later Boyé also posed a danger in a skirmish that went into the goal where Mitrovic changed direction.

The context forced the locals to look for the latter, and with that intent Bordalás fielded Gonzalo Villar and Latasa. It was then seen that Getafe was sharper, regretting a very clear opportunity from Mayoral in the 75th minute. Left alone, its stability is soft.

There was a desire until the final whistle, but the closest they came to taking the lead was partially overshadowed by the pressure of feeling that a golden opportunity was lost, to have some peace of mind to fight for permanence.