Elche and Valencia split points at Mestalla

In the end, both teams managed to win, but Valencia was closest to him in the final parts of the match. a folded Elchebut the one who attacks with more heart than football.

The match started with persistent local dominance throughout the first period against a regular Elche who closed the fields well, but I couldn’t find a way to evade the counterattack.

Local offenses were steady and were used profusely by Gayá and Samuel Lino, especially on the left flank, but lacked success as the ball approached Edgar Badía’s goal.

However, on Elche’s first approach to the local goal, a punch from Mamardashvili after a far free kick, The local goalkeeper hitting Bigas in the face resulted in a penalty.Had to be removed on a stretcher.

Pere Milla did not mislead the Georgian goalkeeper, but scored the goal, which gave way to the goalkeeper. Valencia’s weakest minutesNico, Almeida, and Musah remained in command of the bout, although they soon became the local core.

In one of Gayá’s multiple penetrations, Josan’s shot inside the field led to a second penalty in the afternoon, Cavani left his shot to chance and leveled the match.

Valencia insisted, and in the sixth minute of the first period extension, A nice cross from Almeida finished 2-1 After a flawless header from Cavani.

The match ended with the advantage of the team playing the most to take the lead on the scoreboard, forcing Elche to present a different look in the second half against Valencia in Mestalla. After the break, he no longer had the striker Cavani due to ankle problems.

That’s how it went. Elche showed a little more presence in the second period, but without breaking the local goal until a perfect header from Pepe Milla tied the two in the 65th minute after a good center from Clerc.

Valencia wasn’t as sharp in the second period as in the first period and the game had gone where Elche was interested. Controversy broke out in the 73rd minute In the move that ended at the bottom of the Valencia net, the away team was not awarded a goal as the referee had given a foul signal in favor of the foreign team beforehand.

There was neither Valencia nor Elche from the first episode. The natives were not going as they used to, and Elche had overcome all the shortcomings shown in the first period.

The local team broke down, they couldn’t find a way to damage a superior Elche with and without the ball. The goal looked like it might come in the visitors’ favour, but it was Valencia who scored with a visiting team settled in their pitch in the last ten minutes, it was as intense as it was sterile.