Elche and Real Valladolid drew on Sunday at Martínez Valero and added insufficient points for both teams, unable to dispel doubts or confirm their candidacy as serious contenders for promotion.
The home team suggested more and had the best scoring chances, although they again showed a worrying ineffectiveness in attack against a Valladolid that ended the losing streak, although they still see no purpose.
Elche started better
The Elche team started better. They set a high pace of play and went deep on the wings, although Valladolid did not allow themselves to be intimidated and argue arguments about ball control.
Elche tried to beat the side of Tete Morente the resistance of the Pucelano team, who knew how to withstand the initial push of their rival to find, over the minutes, their style and the ball.
The match at times favored Valladolid, who knew how to block Elche’s ball in the maximum risk area to cause some scares. with sharp Ivan Sánchez at his side.
With the full balance of forces, a decisive action was about to open the battle. A mistake at the beginning of the play was punished by Valladolid and the action, after Clerc’s hands, he was punished, although the referee the decision was immediately corrected at the request of his assistant because of the previous offside.
Mendoza, on the crossbar
Even though there was shock in the body, Elche immediately responded. Rodri Mendoza, one of the most active in midfield, he sent the ball over the crossbar with a screw shot from outside the area in what was the best chance of even the first half.
Valladolid took the ball at the beginning of the second period and was the first to threaten the opposing goal of long and centered shot from Escudero.
John, the danger of Elche
Elche’s response came immediately after the help from Tete Morente John doesn’t know how to end the one-on-one match with Masip.
Action encouraged Elche, led by February He took a step forward and cornered Valladolid once, though without a shot.
The Elche team increased the sense of danger with the entry of Nico Castro and Manu Nieto and he had another chance with a new shot from John, now with a header, which narrowly missed.
Valladolid, unable to attack, retreated late in the match to protect their area from Elche’s attacks, who despite their persistence barely troubled Masip’s goal.
Elche
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Valladolid
Elche: Ditto; Carreira, Mario Gaspar, Rice, Clerc; Tete Morente (Josan, min. 89), John Chetauya, Febas 8Borja Garcés, min. 89), Rodri Mendoza (Nico Castro, min. 68), Nico Fernández and Mourad (Manu Nieto, min. 68).
The
Valladolid: Masip; Luis Pérez, Boyomo, David Torres, Escudero; Iván Sánchez (Kenedy, min. 82), Monchu (Raúl Moro, min. 82), Juric, Anuar (Rosa, min. 73), Meseguer (De la Hoz, min. 73) and Sylla.
Referee: Lax Franco (Madrid Committee). He showed yellow cards to Rodri Mendoza and John Chetauya for Elche, and to Escudero and De la Hoz for Valladolid.
The
Incidents: Match equivalent to twenty-two days of the Hypermotion League played at the Martínez Valero stadium in front of 12,334 spectators. Elche players took to the field wearing shirts in support of their teammate Óscar Plano, who is out for the entire season after suffering a serious ankle injury. On the occasion of the bicentennial of the National Police, two uniformed officers serving in Elche performed the kick-off.
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Source: La Verdad

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