Valencia came back with 10 points in extra time in the second half against Cartagena

Cartagena took to the field with great ambition and desire to attack. So, in the 2nd minute Iván Calero narrowly headed wide and in the 4th minute Alfredo Ortuño made it 1-0 with a good control and a better shot after Damián Musto’s deep pass.

The black and whites continued their superiority with their advantage on the scoreboard against their opponent, who could not find him and ran back rather than moving the ball.

The first half ended with controversy Harsh dismissal from Iván Calero with a direct red card For a foul on Fran Pérez, who, according to Jorge Figueroa Vázquez, was so harsh that he showed the local defender the way to the dressing room.

Practically with this action we reached the break and In the dressing room, Rubén Baraja took precautions and made two changes clearly offensiveSergi Canós and Roman Yaremchuk By Fran Pérez and Hugo Guillamón.

Clearly The match turned into 10 vs 11 The Valencians took the initiative against a closed opponent who defended well.

Those who are the capital of Turia, anyway On the field with José Luis Gayà and Hugo Duro They saw that the minutes passed without eliminating their disadvantage, especially despite the balls dangling onto the field looking for Yaremchuk’s head and Diego López’s dangerous shot being cleared by the black and white defense.

It was difficult for Baraja to reverse the score by trying from distance, as his team did, but that’s exactly how Sergi Canós equalized in the 73rd minute with a wonderful shot after a short corner kick. Pass from Gaya. The changes had an impact and two of those who took the field in the second half were the leading players of the game.

With the score at 1-1, the match entered a dull phase of play where the ball was not compromised in either area. The guest coach exhausted the changes in the match by bringing into the game young David Otorbi, aged 16 years and two and a half months, born on October 16, 2007, and the under-17 national player, and this player became the youngest player to play for the first time. With Valencia throughout its entire history.

The match started with a header from Yaremchuk. went to overtimeQuite an achievement for a proud Efesé.

With 14 seconds Jaume Doménech avoided a goal from Lautaro de León “Lauti” With a shot from outside the area and from the following corner, Pedro Alcalá narrowly made up the lead. Two warnings about the intention of the team led by Julián Calero in extra time.

The answer came from Yaremchuk, who had a shot on the turn that went over the crossbar, and on the first play of the second half of extra time, Gayà punished his opponent’s defensive error. His diagonal shot from outside the penalty area went into the goal as goalkeeper Raúl Lizoain and the Efes defense did not understand each other.

After that blow and with the logical exhaustion of playing less games for over an hour HE Cartagena I kept looking for it.. Tomás Alarcón’s deflected shot and three corner kicks failed. Victory was earned by Valencia, who made a poor comeback against the bottom of the Second League. He will be in the pot in the last 16 rounds.