Granada CF beat Real Mallorca 3-2 at Los Cármenes Stadium on the third match day of LaLiga EA Sports, gaining their first win of the season with Miguel Rubio’s 12th-minute goals. Halftime Brian Zaragoza at the start of the second halfand Albanian Unzuni converts the penalty in the 70th minute.
Abdón Prats in the 38th minute of the first period and Samu Costa in the 88th minute added just one point to the team coached by Javier Aguirre. points after three matches played.
Among the Granada’s most outstanding players were striker Brian Zaragoza and goalkeeper Raúl Fernández; the first scored, forced the penalty and did the best work The goalkeeper made some good saves when Mallorca was under the most pressure.
The start of the match was intense and brutal on the pitch and Real Mallorca scared everyone in the first minute and ended with a slightly shifting shot from Maffeo, but it didn’t take long for Granada to respond.
The activity of José Callejón and Brian Zaragoza began to bear fruit, and both were on both flanks in an attempt to sow seeds of doubt. in the defender of the red boxFacing the loss of captain Antonio Raíllo in his first match.
That’s why goalkeeper Rajkovic had to work hard after Brian Zaragoza’s crossover.
Meanwhile, Real Mallorca were looking for Sergi Darder, who made his debut after signing from RCD Espanyol and could barely start the game due to marking. “sticky” from gumbau.
1-0 came with an excellent right-wing maneuver from Callejón in the 12th minute, resulting in a measured cross on Miguel Rubio’s head and beating Rajkovic without a step back as Rojiblancos fans exploded.
Real Mallorca did not give up and looked for the weak points of the Granada defense, and this was how the penalty decision came in the 15th minute. Rícard Sánchez ousted Toni Latohowever, Kosovo’s Vedat Muriqi sent the ball to the post after deceiving goalkeeper Raúl Fernández.
This was the striker’s second maximum penalty missed this season after the opening day of his game against UD Las Palmas.
This move disconnected Mallorca and strengthened Granada, which, thanks to the verticality of Callejón and Brian Zaragoza, was trying to accelerate its hierarchy and offensive moves in the midfield.
The former Real Madrid and Napoli player made the score 2-0 in the 34th minute with the assist of Gumbau. He stopped in front of Rajkovic, but the goalkeeper perfectly closed the gap and changed direction with his foot.
Granada was comfortable on the pitch, but with a quality move from Sergi Darder, Abdón Prats equalized after kicking and refusing. Raúl Fernández, however, entered the ball curiously.
The first period ended in a draw, but the second period was hectic without rest and came out with Granada encouraged by the deadly, electrifying and flamboyant Brian Zaragoza.
The Granada player made the score 2-1 in a personal move that resulted in a fantastic shot in the first minute of the second quarter, but had to punish Gio González with a yellow card, who was later dismissed by Hernández Maeso with a red card. The card is direct, but corrected by VAR.
The Malaga man did not take a break and posed a real danger to Real Mallorca and, in numerous games, forced the recently released Larin to penalty kicks and turned Unzuni into the Second Division top scorer last season.
Aguirre insisted on the change, his team never gave up and created chances but the Granada goalkeeper came out with good saves but Samu Costa’s goal in the 88th minute only added excitement to the match and did not hinder the first local win.
Data sheet
3 – Pomegranate: Raul Fernandez; Ricard, Miguel Rubio, Ignasi Miquel, Carlos Neva; Sergio Ruiz (Víctor Díaz, 72 min), Gumbau, Melendo (Famaráá, min 82); Brian Zaragoza (Petrovic, min. 72), Unzuni (Alberto Perea, min. 83), and Callejón (Soro, min. 82).
2 – Real Majorca: Rajkovic; Maffeo, Gio González (Samu Costa, min 57), Valjent, Copete, Lato (Jaume Costa, min 77); Mascarell (Llabrés, min. 72); Sergi Darder, Abdón Prats (Larin, min 57), Dani Rodríguez (Amath, min 72); Muriqi
Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso. extreme committee. Locals Ricard (min. 15), Sergio Ruiz (min. 41), guest stars Copete (min. 33), Rajkovic (min. 41), Dani Rodríguez (min. 45+2), Gio González (min. 51) , Maffeo (min.94), Llabrés (min.97) and coach Javier Aguirre (min.92).
Goal: 1-0. Minute 12: Miguel Rubio. 1-1. 37 minutes. Abdón Prats. 2-1. Min 47: Brian Zaragoza. 3-1. 70 minutes. Unzuni, penalty. 3-2. min. 87. Samu Costa
Events: The match, which coincided with the third day of EA Sports LaLiga, took place in front of 17,000 fans at the Los Cármenes Stadium.