Eldense came to La Romareda with this idea: Starting the duel with full points and as the undefeated leader, Zaragoza first put themselves to the test.. And Deportivo recognized that face of football that smiles at the team at the lucky breakouts, where one is more victimized by one’s own mistakes. And the talented squad started to compete with everything on their way back to the First Division.
It emerged from a very early period that the two tactical webs that Fernando Estévez and Fran Escribá had woven would have been difficult to overcome with very similar plans and ideas. In fact, the low and monotonous rhythm in the first half was broken only by a few great moves by both teams and two other hits of luck. Zaragoza seized the opportunity. Eldense, no.
leaked rust Toni AbadThe score could have been 0-1 in the match, which was well received by Andone, who had enough time to stand up and pass the ball to Juanto. But the shot went high. The answer was submitted by: German Valeravery active on the right, with a few cuts that left Poloni and Ortuño out of place, but the strong left-footed shot also exceeded the normal height of the goal defended by Guille Vallejo.
As for the lucky breakouts, Eldense smiled at the first player to pass the ball to Andone with Jair’s bad start from behind. On this occasion, Romanian did not describe the situation in the best way. He chose the finish instead of giving a counter-pause again, and his timid shot was stopped by Cristian Álvarez in no hurry.
While La Romareda was pissed off at the referees at halftime, one of the goals that determined the current moment of teams like Zaragoza came. Valera once again hit from the right and tried to pass the left. The ball hit Toni Abad, so bad luck for the Alicante team (and good luck for the Aragonians) that it became the perfect assist for Iván Azón, who was on the opposite side from where the danger came.. Although Vallejo almost saved the goal, “9” had to control and score almost as he wanted.
another blow
At the beginning of the second half, the inertia of the goal favored Zaragoza. And as if that wasn’t enough, luck smiled at him once again. In a corner kick from the right, Francés headed towards the goal, a shot that did not go in the direction of the goal but hit Íñigo Piña and remained behind the Eldense cage. One hour game. Two rebounds. Two goals. Zero goals. Three points remaining in the leader’s fiefdom. A team with the Escribá seal needs a little more.
Half an hour remained, and the thought of returning was little less than a chimera. Eldense tried it out of pride rather than faith. Cristian Álvarez denied Soberón’s goal on the first ball touched by the Eldense attacker, and Marc Mateu flirted with the Olympic goal. This gave him time to debut as well. Eddie SalcedoThe bet came from Milan on loan from Inter. Few things can shine in a conflict already settled by the work and grace of the Goddess Fortune.
MATCH BOARD
ZARAGOZA: Cristian Alvarez; Fran Gámez, Jair, French, grandson; Germán Varela (Manu Vallejo, 64′), Francho (Toni Moya, 73′), Aguado, Maikel Mesa (Bermejo, 64′); Bakis (Sergi Enrich, 84′) and Iván Azón (Mollejo, 73′).
ELDENSE: Guille Vallejo; Toni Abad, Dumic, Íñigo Piña, Poloni (Iván Chapela, 58′); Cris Montes (Arnau Ortiz, 69′), Ortuño, Timor (Bernal, 82′), Marc Mateu; Andone (Salcedo, 69′) and Juanto (Soberón, 58′).
GOALS: 1-0 (41′) Iván Azón after Toni Abad’s rebound. 2-0 (56′) Íñigo Piña bounced off Francés’s header and hits his own goal.
REFEREE: Jose Antonio López Toca. Maikel Mesa warned Dumic and Francho.
STADIUM: La Romareda.