Lopetegui has an important point in his fight for permanence

Julen Lopetegui’s Wolverhampton drew an important draw against Fulham at Craven Cottage (1-1) which temporarily moves them four points clear of the relegation places. On the other hand, the Londoners remain sixth, in the European positions, in the impressive season they dominated after being promoted to the Premier League.

Overall, it was an even match where Wolves, after several minutes of scoring, took the initiative and created their first chance with a good collective play that Pablo Sarabia ended with a shot in the hands by Bernd Leno.

Sarabia opened the scoring

It was minute 20 and Sarabia didn’t take long from his warning to the goal that opened the scoring. The Madrid striker controlled a backward header from Raúl Jiménez and, after bringing the ball down, fired in a cross shot with his right foot (22′). It was his first goal since his January arrival at Wolves from PSG.

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Sarabia and young Galician full-back Hugo Bueno, the only two Spaniards in Lopetegui’s starting eleven, were the most intense players for Wolves, while Fulham woke up late in the first half thanks to Bobby De Cordova -Reid on the right. .

It was exactly a cross from the Jamaican led by Carlos Vinicius, who played as a ‘9’ in the absence of striker Aleksandar Mitrovic due to injury, that caused José Sá to intervene for the first time. The Portuguese goalkeeper was also confident in the final action before the break when he tapped a dangerous free-kick from Andreas Pereira over the crossbar.

It’s surprising that Marco Silva left De Cordova-Reid in the locker room. However, Wolves started the game better again in the second half and Raúl Jiménez, on a cross from Sarabia, came close to making it 0-2 with a header that missed the post very slightly (51′). .

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Matheus Cunha, removed on a stretcher

At game time Matheus Cunha was injured and had to retire on a stretcher, giving Lopetegui a turn at Adama Traoré. But Fulham came out strong and leveled the score with a fine goal from Manor Solomon after receiving from the right on the edge of the area and finding space to determine with a fine shot that crossed a thread. It was the second goal in a row for the Israeli after giving the victory to the ‘cottagers’ the previous day in Brighton (0-1).

José Sá, providential in the discount

Both teams were unsatisfied with a draw, although in the end Lopetegui was happy as José Sá pulled off a save as Carlos Vinicius’ header meant what would be a second straight defeat for Wolves. after losing the previous day against him. Bournemouth (0-1).