Burgos defeated Cartagena and slept through the promotion playoffs

Burgos beat Cartagena this Saturday (3-0) and sleep in the promotion playoff positions in a match they dominated from the first half and in which they were the only team to suggest something on the snowy grass of El Plantío , who did not see a black and white exhibition combined with the great performance of Tomás Mejías in the goal of Cartagena and saved his team from a bigger defeat.

Curro scored a double and Bermejo put the finishing touch on the scoreboard in stoppage time to leave Burgos in sixth place in the standings allowing the team to dream.

Neither team wanted to dominate in the opening minutes. The terrain was not conducive to gaining control of the ball, but Burgos came close.

First it was Dani Ojeda who found himself the same as Mejías, and shortly afterwards Curro was the one who had one of the clearest chances after a serious defensive error left him almost -one in front of the goalkeeper, but the ball is left behind him.

Andy gave a warning from a set piece, his specialty, but Churripi Caro took the ball, and soon it was Arroyo who hooked a failed ball from Alex Sancris that had to be cleared by the defence.

Burgos proposed, while Cartagena limited itself to defense. Arroyo was about to be surprised by a cross that reached Dani Ojeda, but Mejías stopped the ball again.

Burgos opened the scoring after half an hour with a great combinative play where Alex Sancris went on the counterattack after a great steal, crossed to Dani Ojeda, who couldn’t get past the defense, but the rebound fell to Curro and , From the front, he made it out of reach for Tomás Mejías.

The goalkeeper saved Cartagena on several occasions, taking a shot against Dani Ojeda and then sending it over Curro’s crossbar.

After going through the locker room, Burgos continued to dominate, although the people from Calero, this Saturday led by Carmona, changed their game system and were left with only four defenders to try to equalize.

Carmena added offensive powder, with the entry of Ortuño, while Bolo covered to make way for Grego Sierra.

And the second came for Burgos. Double for Curro, who took advantage of a rebound from Cartagena after a tackle by Ander Martín to put the ball on the way. Although VAR reviewed the goal for possible offside, the goal went on the scoreboard.

Bolo started Bermejo and Jony Montiel, looking for fresh legs, but in the 80th, just four minutes after the exit, the referee showed the red card to the midfielder for an elbow to the chest of Musto.

Cartagena tried, taking advantage of numerical superiority, but Carmona’s team could not find a goal. He tried to lock Burgos in the area, but the goal came the other way, in a counterattack by Ander Martín who gave it to Alex Bermejo to determine by chipping the goalkeeper for the final 3-0.

Data sheet:

3 – Burgos CF: Caro, Arroyo, Córdoba, Elgezabal, Matos, Alex Sancris (Bermejo min 75), Atienza, Appin (Grego Sierra min 59), Dani Ojeda (Ander Martín min 67, Curro (Joni Montiel min 75) and Fer Child (Edu Espiau min 67).

0 – Cartagena: Tomás Mejías, Iván Calero, Alcalá (Narvaez min 86), Kiko Olivas, Fontan, Andy, Musto (Real min 86), Mikel Rico (Ortuño min 59), Luis Muñoz (Arnau min 69), Darío Poveda ( Alarcón min 86) and Jairo.

Goals: 1-0, M.35: Work. 2-0, M.70: Job. 3-0, M.97: Bermejo.

Referee: Fuentes Molina (Valencian committee). He advised Curro for locals (min 25), Appin (min 40), Elgezabal (min 50) and Fontan for visitors (min 44). Joni Montiel is sent off for a straight red card (min 80)

Incidents: match corresponding to matchday 29 of LaLiga Hypermotion played at El Plantío Municipal Stadium in front of 8,743 spectators. A minute of silence was observed for the death of Sergio Delgado, the young man from Valladolid who was murdered in Burgos in the early hours of last Saturday. It was delayed by half an hour because the removal of snow that had fallen on the pitch was necessary to ensure that the field was in the best possible condition.