Lugo and Ponferradina They showed this Sunday why they are weakening LaLigaSmartBank in a match where mistakes were added to the lack of goals in places to seal a tie (0-0) that sent the Galicians, deliberately, almost to the First Federation and that the Bercianos, three points behind the stay , they seem to be accepted.
There are now thirteen games without a win for Lugo (all 2023) and fourteen without a win as a visitor for Ponferradina, who have won just one of the last twelve games.
The group with the greatest need, Lugo, he took it as the last train towards permanence and signed a few good initial minutes which he almost achieved with a goal with a header from Sebas Moyano to the center of Avilés which was saved by Amir.
The Ponferradina goalkeeper was the star of the first half for his interventions and also for playing it with guile against Avilés, who had the ball at his feet for a few seconds before stretching to the maximum to get his hands on a shot from Ángel Baena that was saved. in the long post.
Lugo’s action was followed by Ponferradina’s reaction to a header from Edu Espiau on a lateral free kick that Nwakali took and went wide.
Baena, in his first start against Íñigo Vélez, almost monopolized Lugo’s attacks before the break. After half an hour, he sent the right hand high and, not long after, he tested it by forcing a shot into the center of Loureiro (m.38).
At half-time, Rojiblanca’s victory could have been reached, but Amir avoided it by stopping a header from Alberto aimed at a corner kick, and also ahead of Ponferradina, but Whalley appeared to clear a shot from Derik Lacerda.
Both teams were inconsistent at the start, with back-and-forth that only served to sap their energy. Lugo gave a greater sense of danger with a shot from Andoni López and another from Moyano before the meeting time, but they did not materialize.
La Deportiva could not convert their strategies either, although they scared the Lugo team with some strategic actions that Espiau connected before being replaced by Yuri de Souza.
Another freshman, this one on the local side, the Spanish-Bolivian Jaume Cuéllar, encouraged a ‘roulette’ and an action in the area that ended poorly and for which his team asked for a penalty in fall from Avilés. Conversely, Whalley released a reserved hand on a Naím thread to seal the tables.
– Data sheet:
Lugo: Whalley; Loureiro, Alberto Rodríguez, Xavi Torres (Jordi Calavera, m.69), Pantic (Zé Ricardo, m.82), Andoni López (Álex Pérez, m.82); Gui Guedes (El Hacen, m.82), Marc Carbó, Sebas Moyano; Javi Avilés and Baena (Jaume Cuéllar, m.70).
Ponferradina: Amir; Adot (Ale Díez, m.86), Sofian, Pascanu, Adrián Castellano; Ojeda (Heri Tavares, m.87), Medina, Nwakali, Hugo Vallejo (Naím García, m.58); Derik Lacerda and Espiau (Yuri, m.75).
Referee: Milla Alvéndiz, from the Andalusian Committee. He showed yellow to Pascanu (m.22), Nwakali (m.60) and Adrián Castellano (m.89), from Ponferradina; and Zé Ricardo (m.89) and Jaume Cuéllar (m.93), from Lugo.
Incidents: The match on the thirty-fourth day of LaLiga SmartBank was played at the Anxo Carro in front of 4,775 spectators. Carlos Sánchez Cabo, a retired Lugo staff member, took the center kick and was honored by the Galician club and its president, Tino Saqués, who presented him with a gold badge and a commemorative team shirt. A minute of silence was observed for four young people who died in a traffic accident in Xove (Lugo), this Saturday.
Source: La Verdad
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