Cartagena bounces back from a relegated Racing de Ferrol

He Football Club Cartagena won 2-1 and came back with goals from Darío Poveda and Luis Muñoz against a Racing de Ferrol that was weakening and, with that result, the team coached by Julián Calero remains out of the relegation spots for another week. LaLiga Hypermotionwhere the Galicians had not won for six days.

Now, still in the middle of the thirtieth round of the championship, the black and white are seventeenth with 34 points, four above the penalty zone and the greens are ninth with 44, three away from the promotion spot for promotion to First division.

He Ephesuswho lost the last two games, 3-0 in Burgos and before that 0-1 against Elche Football Clubneeded to win to scare away the ghosts and he did it because he knew how to overcome a bad start to the match.

Calero, who will return to the bench after serving a two-match suspension, made several changes – Raúl Lizoain for Tomás Mejías after missing the match The Plantation due to injury and Arnau Ortiz attacking from the left and leaving Mikel Rico on the bench.

Your colleague Christopher ParraloFor its part, it showed four new features with respect to last week’s 2-2 draw against Racing de Santander in Galicia. Julián Delmás, Álex Martín, David Castro and Álex López replaced Sergio Cubero, Jon García, Enrique Clemente and Joseph Señé.

With these differences began a clash where the first really interesting thing that happened was the first goal. It came in the 12th minute when Óscar Pinchi finished a pass from Iker Losada at will in an action against Racing de Ferrol.

The goal kick was blamed on Efesé, who continued without an idea and were able to punish them by their rival. Álvaro Giménez had the second goal but was inaccurate with the shot.

The locals finally warned through Arnau Ortiz after a pass from Jairo Izquierdo, but the ball was saved by Ander Cantero and, after that chance, they equalized through Darío Poveda, with a header in the middle of Ivan Calero. The goalkeeper reached the ball but was unable to prevent it from crossing the goal line. The Alicante striker’s third goal since his arrival in the winter market leveled the contest.

With half-time tied at 1-1, Cartagena came back and dominated and visiting striker Álvaro Giménez could have been sent off for a double warning. The judge José Luis Guzmán Mansilla He could have shown him a second yellow card after a foul on Iván Calero.

In the second half, the black and whites persisted in attacking and had some dangerous approaches even without being involved again Ander Cantero. That momentum was rewarded with a counterattack finished by Luis Muñoz, with a gentle touch before the Racinguista goalkeeper broke away and produced a superb pass from Dario Poveda.

From there and with a minute remaining, Cristóbal Parralo’s men looked for a reaction but were unable to find clear-cut chances. In fact, the most dangerous chance in the following minutes was for the home team. Arnau Ortiz He managed to make it 3-1 but Ander Cantero kept it out and then intervened with a shot by Iván Calero.

Finally, those from Ferrol put Raúl Lizoain to the test, but he avoided the tie with a shot of Iker Losadawho didn’t take advantage of Héber Pena’s pass on a counterattack play in the 76th minute. Later, in the 90th, Manu Justo tried, but his shot went slightly over the crossbar.

The match ended with some difficulties for Efesé due to the short score and, surprisingly, in the 94th minute the referee whistled three times Alfredo Ortuño He was already facing the opposite goal to go for the third local goal. The fact that his team had already won did not lead to more controversies.