An irregular Sporting wins and does not lose momentum in the elite

A solitary goal from Mario González gave Sporting victory over a Cartagena that had been shocked in the first half, but reacted in the second and put a red and white team in trouble that, after falling two shots in the pole, found very close to the poles. tie up

Local coach Miguel Ángel Ramírez chose to keep the defensive scheme that gave him good results on the Mirandés field and lined up three center backs and two wingers but made changes in the middle of the field, where Christian Rivera dropped , and also in the forward, where Juan Otero rested so that Mario González could enter in his place.

Cartagena arrived at El Molinón in a good moment despite the previous day’s defeat against Valladolid and took to the field with a very defensive system but where the forwards tried to prevent the red and whites from getting the ball out.

Sporting were completely dominators in the first half although control of the ball did not translate into a shot on goal until the 17th minute, it was Mario González but Lizoain had no problem stopping him as the Murcians almost did not penetrate the middle of the field and they registered only one arrival in the Asturian area.

After half an hour, a cross from Nacho Martín surprised the Cartagena center backs so that Mario González, who had already scored last week in Anduva after barely minutes since his winter market arrival, finished with a header from inside the small. area and Lizoain failed to deny the ball that slipped through mid-height to give Sporting the lead.

Before the break, Sporting could have scored the second through an individual action by Cote, very active throughout the game, but his cross shot hit the post with Lizoain already beaten.

The first chance of the second half was also local and very clear, but Mario González’s shot found the crossbar and then Calero decided to make a triple change to bring Ortuño, Real and Narváez to the visiting team, who went on to have more possessions. and reach the place of more danger.

Jairo tried his luck but his shot was too wide and the red and white’s response was a counter that ended with a Cote cross that Djurdjevic finished off and Lizoain kept out to allow a period of Cartagena dominance against an inaccurate and Sporting nervous after a string of changes ordered by Ramírez.

With fifteen minutes remaining, the sportinguista coach introduced Gio Zarfino after 14 months of injury and the Uruguayan was received with great applause as the fans who did not forget the great effort made by the player last season where he played He has been injured for many games.

Cartagena did not give up and were looking for at least a tie which Diego Sánchez avoided by getting ahead of Ayllón when he pushed it into the back of the net, an occasion followed by another in which Fontán was on the sidelines. of achieving the equalizer head and closing the match with a good intervention of the local goalkeeper Yáñez.

Data sheet:

1.- Sporting: Yáñez, Rober Pier, Insua, Diego Sánchez, Cote (Izquierdoz m, 69), Hassan (Guille Rosas m, 69, Nacho Martín, Nacho Méndez (Roque Mesa m, 76), Gaspar Campos (Gio Zarfino m , 76), Mario González (Queipo m, 61) and Djurdjevic.

0.- Cartagena: Lizoain, Diego (Arnau m, 69), Alcalá, Gonzalo Verdú (Ortuño m, 55), Fontán, Calero, Musto, Andy, Luis Muñoz (Real m, 55), Jairo (Aylllón m, 80) and Darío (Narváez m,55).Goals: 1-0, Mario González (M,32),

Referee: Sesma Espinosa. He showed yellow cards to Rober Pier (m,47), Luis Muñoz (m, 49), Djurdjevic (m,54), Ramírez (m, 87), Fontán (m, 89)

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