Zaragoza is excited again at the expense of Sporting

Real Zaragoza, after defeating a Real Sporting de Gijón that continues its bad streak, improves its statistics at home and is once again excited by the possibility of getting closer to the positions that give the right to play in the Four Promotion Promotion. points away after the victory against the Asturians; who were left in those positions after their defeat.

The Aragonese team, whose Achilles heel is their performance at the stadium of La Romareda where they have won only five of the twelve matches they have played so far, are trying to correct the course in their stadium because they know that if they want to have options to fight for promotion, this includes not giving away points at home.

The victory against the Asturian team means a chain of two consecutive victories in their stadium, as they previously beat Andorra and added seven points out of a possible nine in the last three days after the draw in Alcorcón the previous day.

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On the other hand, the Principality team is still not coming out of the fog in which it seems to have sunk as it has only one win in its last eight games and is outside the promotion zone, squandering an opportunity to achieve the victory that where Eibar and Racing de Ferrol tied the points, second and third, respectively.

The strong pressure exerted by both teams at the start of the match from releasing the ball in opposing areas prevented either team from comfortably advancing and the entire game took place in the middle of the field with hardly any close quarters.

In fact, there were only a few dangerous plays in the first ten minutes, a low shot by Haissem Hassan that went wide and a cross by Víctor Mollejo that was poisoned and went close to the crossbar.

From then on, the specialist team had more balls but were unable to filter the balls to their forwards and their game was limited to moving the ball but had no passing options to the advantage of their forwards, while the team of Gijón, when they win the ball back He is also unable to reach the area with skill, either in a scattered attack or by dominating the ball.

However, when everything seemed predictable, a Zaragoza ball cut into their own half, in the 38th minute, generated a counterattack that ended on the left wing where Mollejo’s cross was deflected by Carlos Izquierdoz towards his goal , thus opening the scoring for his rival. .

After the break, the Asturian team took control of the game and pushed Real Zaragoza towards their area, creating many problems as they could not hold the ball and go on the counterattack, although Raúl Guti could have increased the score with a shot against pole. in the 50th minute on a counterattack.

Sporting gave a sense of danger and José Angel Valdés ‘Cote’ confirmed it in the 63rd minute with a shot from outside the area that narrowly hit local goalkeeper Edgar Badía and crashed into the crossbar.

Zaragoza’s team was feeling anxious and going through their worst moments but a ball clearance error by Christian Rivera in the 66th minute led to Maikel Mesa stealing the ball on the edge of the area to shoot home goalkeeper. Rubén Yáñez and put 2-0 on the scoreboard.

And because the misfortunes were not alone, four minutes later the sportinguista goalkeeper slipped when receiving a header, which Francho Serrano took advantage of to steal the ball from him and score the third for the ‘white team’ sealed the contest.