Malaga strangles Las Palmas

The UD Las Palmas and the Málaga CF they ended up adding a point (2-2) which left the two teams unsatisfied for opposing aspirations in LaLiga SmartBank, in a clash that anyone could win and left the islanders without a lead and the Andalusians are still far from the zone of permanent.

An early penalty by Esteban Burgos, awarded after being warned by video refereeing, was converted by Jonathan Viera and put the yellow team ahead, awaiting a quiet game against a very touchy opponent

In addition, the Andalusian team showed itself in the game reduced by significant casualties, two of them in the last minute, due to a syncope suffered by N’Diaye, which even forced him to be hospitalized in Marbella and where he has recovered. , and due to a virus process by Alberto Escassi.

However, Málaga recovered from the early penalty and soon equalized too, from the eleven metres, after a clearance from Valles where the goalkeeper hit Juande with his attempted clearance.

The referee did not indicate the maximum penalty at this moment, but a few seconds later after being warned by the VAR, without having to go to see that play on the monitor. Fran Sol converted his shot to trick the Sevillian goalkeeper, beating seven games later.

The goal boosted a Málaga oozing with pride, pressed by their need for points. Pellicer’s team achieved the most difficult thing, taking the ball away from Las Palmas and creating a lot of problems behind them, winning duels and coming with danger.

In one of those approaches, Fran Sol conceded the second goal with a high shot from point-blank range in the small area, after matching Fran Villalba in the 43rd minute.

After the break, the island team became stronger, but Málaga, living on the knife’s edge, also continued to threaten. And he made it even more so when Pellicer’s bullet saved for the second half bounced off the grass, Rubén Castro’s bullet, the hero with a header on his way in which Valles saved.

The game was balanced until Pejiño broke it with a personal action: the man from Cádiz received on the right wing, got inside with some feints and hooked a powerful left-footed shot from 25 meters which surprised Yáñez mid-height.

The goal did not scare Málaga, who continued to work on the freshness of the new substitutes, and one of the players, the young debutant Álex Calvo, equalized in an individual play, after being in between the two defender, and hooked a low shot with his left foot. foot to give his team a point.

In extra time, Yáñez also made a decisive contribution by deflecting a shot from Jonathan Viera in the last chance of a quick clash, which did not reflect the 32-point difference between the two teams in the table.