Amorebieta injected oxygen and stopped Elche

Amorebieta found a breather in their desperate situation at the bottom and bottom of the table thanks to a victory at Lezama that saw a goal from Josué Dorrio, their best player of the season, against an Elche that saw a good streak that delivered them in the Promotion playoff.

The blue team thus achieved its fourth victory on the course, the first in seven games with Jandro Castro on the bench and sees safety on six points. Permanence is still a long way off for the Biscayan team, but they still lack nine points at the start of the match,

After a clearly better first half for Elche, ‘Amore’ was even better at the start of the second half where he scored his goal in the 56th minute. A shot by Dorrio in a play created by Kwasi Sibo, Alex Carbonell and Álvaro Núñez, which was the center of the Bilbao winger.

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Dorrio’s goal, Elche’s first in 2024, ends a five-game unbeaten run by the Elche team, which has added 10 of the last 12 points.

At the beginning, Jandro Castro introduced four variations with respect to the defeat against Racing also in Lezama, and, above all, a change in the game system, betting on playing with three center backs instead of the line of four that he chose for two months. earlier when he arrived in Amorebieta.

One of the changes was forced by a serious injury to Ángel Troncho and another was the departure of striker Eneko Jauregi from the start.

Sebastián Beccacece, for his part, also changed the system, in the opposite direction to Castro, because he abandoned three center backs for a line of four with John Donald, center back, constantly exchanging positions with Mario Garpas, center midfielder. For others, a single and obligatory variation, Mendoza’s for the injured Tete Morente.

The match got off to a busy start, with both teams arriving and Elche announcing their intention to chain crosses, almost all dangerous.

Even the first time was blue. A pass from Unzueta inside the area caught Rayco a little by surprise, who took a while to try after being left alone on the sideline.

Clerc responded with a very difficult long shot and answered ‘Amore’ with his second good chance. A spur shot from Dorrio to center Álvaro Núñez closed out the first quarter of an even match.

Elche began to fuel the ball and the duel was leaning towards the goal of Pablo Campos, who cared to watch as the franjiverdes continued to threaten him with centers, especially from the right.

Although the visitor’s clearest chance was a shot from distance by Nico Castro which he managed to deflect with his fingers to keep it from going in and hitting the crossbar.

There were two more chances after half an hour for Elche, but Manu Nieto was attacked by Félix Garreta with a loose ball in the small area after a disturbance; and Carreira failed to score a good cross from the left by Nico Castro.

After the visitor’s siege, surprisingly, Amorebieta could have taken the lead at half-time had Unzueta not been too high with a header at the near post in the center of Seguín after a counterattack that Bustinza hit in the middle with great faith and a lot of power..

The blues also went ahead in the second half, but Carbonell also missed a lot of options up front after Rayco crashed in a cross from Dorrio’s right.

And Dorrio himself, the best player of the season for the Zornotsarra team -6 assists and now 2 goals-, opened the scoring.

He did it with a shot with his foot at the near post, in the middle of Álvaro Núñez, in a play that Sibo started with a steal and Carbonell continued with a good opening in the combination on the right wing.

It was confirmation of a better return from the local locker room and what led Beccacece to quickly make three changes.

Among them came two good chances for Elche, a good cross from Josan that failed to find a finisher at the far post and a header from Mourad, to the center of Mendoza, where Pablo Campos responded firmly. Each time, Jandro Castro responded with two changes.

Sibo could not make it 2-0 with a perhaps too strong cross from Unzueta, the home team’s driving force after the break, and the stretch was a one-two punch for the visiting team, who wasted three great chances to make it 1-1. Two where Mourad was not well and one where the Moroccan striker was beaten by Garcés to head wide.

Data sheet:

1 – SD Amorebieta: Pablo Campos; Álvaro Núñez (Gayá, m.84), Bustinza, Etxeita, Félix Garreta, Seguín (Jorge Mier, m.72); Alex Carbonell (Yriarte, m.72), Sibo; Dorrio, Rayco Rodríguez (Edwards, d.79); and Unzueta (Jauregi, m.79).

0 – Elche CF: Directed; Sergio Carreira, John Donald, Rice, Clerc; Mario Gaspar (Josan Fernández, m.60), Febas (Borja Garcés, m.74); Nico Fernández (Bermejo, m.60), Nico Castro, Mendoza; and Manu Nieto (Mourad, m.60).

Goals: 1-0, m.56: Dorrio.

Referee: Miguel González Díaz (Asturian Committee). He didn’t show any cards.

Incidents: Matchday 26 of LaLiga Hypermotion played at Lezama in front of 747 spectators. Official data. A group of them visit followers.