Racing de Santander is chasing long-awaited safety after defeating Granada (1-0), in a match where the Verdiblancos not only defeated a rival fighting for promotion, but also the pressure of the immediate chasing after them.
The Cantabrians went to the field knowing the results of their rivals, especially the victory of Málaga in Lugo, and that seemed to encourage them to start pressuring their rival from the start.
Granada coped well with the initial pressure and, little by little, got possession of the ball and brought Racing into their field, who, however, in the last minutes of the first half stepped up the accelerator again.
Peque managed to put the Verdiblancos ahead after some good individual play, but his shot went wide and, apart from a couple of corners, Granada didn’t create much danger before the break.
Five minutes after the restart, the locals had the clearest chance of the match with a twisted counter between Peque and Íñigo Vicente that the latter was unable to finish off with victory.
Fortunately, Racing did not have to wait much longer to open the scoring as, two minutes later, in another transition directed by Íñigo Vicente, Roko Baturina raced inside the area to beat Raúl Fernández from bottom.
As soon as they conceded the goal, the visiting coach, Paco López, reacted by introducing a triple substitution and Granada, not wanting to miss the possibility of being in the lead, stretched further in search of a equalizer, which also left. more gaps behind them..
In the final period, Racing defended their booty ex officio and goalkeeper Ezkieta, who made his league debut due to the suspension of Miquel Parera, beyond a few aerial balls, did not have much work to keep a clean sheet .
Already at a discount, Granada intensified its siege of the Racing area, but the Cantabrians held off the visitor’s onslaught to get three points that could be crucial in the face of permanence.
Data sheet:
1 – Carrera de Santander: Jokin Ezkieta; Dani Fernández, Germán, Pol Moreno, Saúl; Unai Medina (Mantilla, min. 77), Aldasoro (Tienza, min. 89), Juergen, Peque (Sangalli, min. 73) and Íñigo Vicente (Satrústegui, min, 89); Roko Baturina (Matheus Aías, min. 73).
0 – Granada CF: Raúl Fernández; Víctor Díaz (Meseguer, Víctor íaz, min. 54), Miguel Rubio, Ignasi Miquel (Diedhiou, min. 79), Carlos Neva; Quini, Petrovic (Perea, min. 65), Bodiger (Bryan, min. 54), Callejón (Melendo, min. 54); Antonio Puertas and Uzuni.
Goals: 1-0, Roko Baturina, min. 52.
Referee: González Esteban (Basque school). He showed yellow cards to Peque and Sangalli from Racing Santander and Uzuni, Miguel Rubio and Meseguer from Granada CF.
Incidents: The thirty-seventh match of the Smartbank League was played at El Sardinero in front of 13,476 spectators. Before the start of the game, Cantabrian surfer Nano Riego, champion of “La Vaca Gigante”, a giant wave surfing event held in Santander and Spanish champion of this sport, started.
Source: La Verdad
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