He Santander Racing returned to the path of success with a great victory, against Albacete (4-1), allowing them to breathe a little, after their collapse in the last four days, and maintain their advantage in the relegation places.
The Cantabrian team, knowing the importance of the game, came out on the pitch “biting” their rival and after three minutes they had a triple chance to be first on the scoreboard, but Bernabé and the lack of goals prevented at first. of the meeting.
Two minutes later, Juergen, from the edge of the area, again tested Bernabé, although the ball went past the right post of the La Mancha goalkeeper.
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Gradually, Albacete began to dispel the green-and-white pressure with longer ball possessions and the game was leveled, however, after a quarter of an hour into the game, within two exciting minute, Racing went up 2-0.
Roko Baturina first finished on the small side of a big triangulation on the left between Íñigo Vicente and Juergen and, once Albacete was cleared from the middle, Racing won the ball back and Arturo Molina put Bernabé ahead with a powerful shot from the front but the rebound fell to Saúl who beat the visiting goalkeeper low.
With a two-goal lead, Racing pulled back and, after half an hour, Albacete closed the gap with a set piece where Olaetxea was on hand to take advantage of a rebound from Miquel Parera and send the ball into the back of the net.
From then until the end of the first half there were many interruptions and almost nothing happened but, in the last minute, in the seven extension referee ordered, Íñigo Vicente converted a penalty marked by a handball in the Albacete area.
Rubén Albés reacted by making three changes at half-time and changing the system to a three-man defence, while José Alberto strengthened his midfield by bringing on another midfielder, Fausto Tienza.
The match was a round trip although as the minutes went by Racing were back to waiting for their rivals who, despite their dominance, beyond the set piece, failed to trouble Parera.
When it seemed like the game was going to end like this, just after minute 90, Matheus Aías made his way and reached the Albacete area to “shoot” Bernabé with his left foot and get the final 4-1.
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Santander Racing: Miquel Parera; Unai Medina, German, Ruben Alves, Saul; Arturo Molina (Fausto Tienza, min. 46), Aldasoro (Mantilla, min. 76), Íñigo, Juergen (Pombo, min. 89) and Íñigo Vicente (Peque, min. 89); Roko Baturina (Matheus Aías, min. 61).
Albacete Football: Barnabas; Carlos Isaac (Juanma, min. 46), Boyomo, Ros, Juan María; Maikel Mesa (Rodri, min. 46), Riki, Olaetxea (Fran Álvarez, min. 87), Fuster; Higinio (Jovanny Bolivar, min. 78) and Dubasin (Escriche, min. 46).
Goals: 1-0, Roko Baturina, min. 18; 2-0, Saul, min. 19; 2-1, Olaetxea, min. 31; 3-1, Íñigo Vicente (penalty), min. 45(+7); 4-1, Matheus Aías, min. 90.
Referee: Galech Apezteguía (Navarrese school). He showed yellow cards to Aldasoro, Germán and Fausto Tienza from Racing Santander and to Carlos Isaac, Dubasin, Higinio and Rodri from Albacete Balompié.
Incidents: The match on the thirty-fifth day of the Smartbank League was played at El Sardinero in front of 12,033 spectators. Before the start of the match, a minute of silence was observed in memory of the victims of the wreck of the fishing vessel “Vilaboa Uno”, which took place this week off the coast of Santander
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Source: La Verdad
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