Draw with well-crafted goals in a colorful rivalry

Málaga and Granada drew to a goal in a fast-paced game marked by exceptional goals from the forwards Ruben Castro and Jose Callejonwhich leaves the blue and white team three points from the permanence and the Granada team seventh, with 29 points, and without a win at home in four months when they beat Ibiza in the first match of LaLigaSmartBank

The blue and white team, who restarted the match as the lowest team due to Ibiza’s victory against Karera, implemented a new system with only three defenders, Ramalho, Esteban Burgos and Escassi, and two wingers, Issa Fomba and Hervías, against a group from Granada with three forwards, Jorge Molina, José Callejón and Unzuni.

The game was even in the first moments with a slight dominance of Granada, although Málaga, shaking and afraid, tried not to have any defensive resistances and quickly came out on the wings.

The only team that existed on the field was Granada, which was suffocated by its control in the middle of the field and its exposure on the right wing of the attack, where Fomba, who is more winger than winger, had many gaps.

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Granada team striker Uzuni had two clear chances to take the lead, which he missed, and the long-lived Jorge Molina also failed in front of goalkeeper Rubén Yáñez, but Málaga held their breath a little because the offensive pressure is felt.

Málaga’s first shot on goal was by midfielder Alexi Febas, in the 26th minute, without risking goalkeeper Raúl Fernández, and the second, the clearest chance, was by striker Rubén Castro , who faked several times on the point penalty and his shot was deflected by the goalkeeper.

That was in the 36th minute and a minute later, the 41-year-old forward from the Canary Islands pulled his magic out of his hat with a shot from outside the box that slipped to the left, sliding in top corner.

It was Rubén Castro’s fourth goal and after many weeks without scoring, particularly since matchday eleven when he scored the second of the three goals that served to win against Lugo.

The second half started with two changes in Málaga with the introduction of Senegalese Alfred Ndiaye and left back Javi Jiménez to build the midfield and the defense, although Granada continued with their same plan, attacking on the wings and using stiletto Jorge Molina , who repeatedly insisted.

Granada’s steamroller had to pay off with a play down the left that striker José Callejón finished with a cross shot, scoring the equalizer in the 62nd minute.

Málaga went up in the last minutes looking for a miracle and even a penalty against the striker Loren from the center-back Miguel Rubio, which was pointed out by the referee Gálvez Rascón for the first time, but at the request of the Var he went to check it with the field monitor and then canceled.

Granada also got it with a shot from striker Callejón, which hit the crossbar.

In the end, a one-goal tie, which doesn’t help Málaga get closer to permanence and leaves Granada without a win at home again.

Data sheet:

1 – Malaga: Ruben Yanez; Ramalho (Loren, m.72), Esteban Burgos, Escassi; Hervías (Javi Jiménez, m.46), Genaro, Luis Muñoz (Ndiaye, m.46), Issa Fomba (Dani Lorenzo, m.63), Febas; Fran Villalba and Rubén Castro (Chavarría, m.85).

1 – Granada: Raul Fernandez; Ricard (Quini, m.64), Miguel Rubio, Ignasi Miquel, Neva; Melendo (Bryan, m.64), Meseguer, Petrovic, Callejón (Arezo, m.91); Unzuni (Soro, m.91) and Jorge Molina (Perea, m.72).

The objectives: 1-0, M.37: Ruben Castro. 1-1, M.62: Alley.

Referee: Gálvez Rascón (Madrid Committee). He showed yellow cards to locals Manolo Reina (m.83), Loren (m.84) and Ndiaye (m.90), and to visitors Ricard Sánchez (m.10) and Víctor Meseguer (m .76).

Incidents: The match corresponding to the nineteenth day of LaLiga SmartBank was played at La Rosaleda stadium in front of 12,200 spectators. A minute’s silence was observed for the recent death of the recently deceased former Málaga player Chato Aragón.